Ender 5 Upgrade Kit Springs Extruder Sock Capricorn Clone Tube Stepper Dampers TL Smoother Addon Module

This kit is nice but some of the items are pretty obsolete at this point. The stepper dampers won't fit on newer Ender 3s since the stepper motors now have a different belt wheel that makes it come too far off the motor. The TL smoothers also don't do much for the Ender 3. The springs, the metal extruder, and the Bowden tubeare amazing and rather mandstory upgrades though! Springs keep the bed level for much longer than the stick ones and the metal extruder won't get worn down by the filament going through. The tube seems to hold really well even when printing with PETG (≈240 °C). Overall not a bad kit for the price just for the springs and extruder alone but some of the stuff you won't end up using.

This is the perfect kit to start modifying your Ender 3 Pro. It comes with all the basics and greatly improves print quality. If I were you, I'd order it when you order your printer so you can install the parts while assembling the printer.

So this basically comes with everything you need for a bowden extruder setup on your printer. I havent really figured out the control boards, I'm assuming its basically resistors/diodes to control step flow to the stepper motors. They are labeled as "Bigtreetech smoother v 1.0", a little searching goes a long ways. The little silicon covers really do not help that much, more for looks covering up the thermal tape on the extruder end. This kit comes with no documentation or instructions whatsoever so you have to do your research.

Worth it for the extruder mount and extra tube. The motor mounts are too much trouble to install and tbh the springs and smoothers aren't necessary.

This kit is a great value but comes with no instructions at all. I found what I needed on YouTube.

I have an Ender 3 Pro and most of this kit ended up being useless. The only parts that were worthwhile are the springs and smoothers. Those make a difference. The compression fitting won't hold the tube at all so that's junk. Dampeners won't fit a 3 Pro. I haven't fitted the full metal extruder yet, and probably won't unless my stock one breaks. The Pro's stock extruders seems to have addressed the main issues with the original. The Pro comes with a silicone sock from the factory, that fits better than the ones in this kit. So I pretty much used half of the kit.

Got for my Ender 5, it is justvwhatvit says it is.

Some of the components came Rusty and came with no instructions at all. The new spring for the extruder was way to tight and ended up just chewing filament.

I mainly bought this kit for the all-metal extruder which is pretty nice. The extruder works well and was easy to assemble and set-up. Don't be fooled by the blue colored pfte tubing, this is nowhere near a real "Capricorn" tubing. Springs were nice but a bit short, I had to had sleeves to make them work correctly. I didn't use the electronic board, nor the bushing but they felt a bit rigid. Overall a great upgrade kit.

Great kit, but you have to do some research and print off some extra pieces.Tubing was perfect as was the extruder. Except the gear for the motor, it is the exact same as stock. Springs fit perfect and of good quality. I had to print off a new pressure fitting valve for the tubing to stay. For the dampeners you can find a file on thingiverse to make them fit.Tl smootheners were easy to install and helped a small bit.Great value for the money. The upgraded extruder and springs are a must for an ender 3.

Le kit fourni permet d'améliorer l'imprimante cependant les 2 module pour la réduction de bruit lui font faire plus de bruit.

This kit is not too bad for the money. The springs are great, the tube is ok (It’s a little tight, even with high quality filament) and the extruder is decent but lacks proper adjustments. I didn’t use the rest of the parts since they are not compatible with the newer Ender 3 printers.At this price point, it’s not too bad. I would probably buy a better extruder tho.

Bought this for my Ender 3X.The good: The Capricorn Bowden Tubing is of quality. Inner dimension is much closer to the filament diameter than the original tubing The aluminum extruder assembly is also of quality. The Springs have a much higher tension than the stock springsThe bad: The Ender 3X already comes with Silicone Hot End Sock so the two that came with the kit and now spare parts. Don't bother replacing the Brass extruder drive gear, it's exactly the same as the original on the Ender 3X.The ugly: The Ender 3X comes with press fit pulley on the steppers and the shafts are just long enough to reach the end of the pulley so the dampers can't be used at all. The extruder tube fitting that came with it didn't have any inner 'claws' holding the tube in place, even when the ring was pulled out. I ended up putting my original fitting. Doesn't come with instructions so you have to look at other similar items on Amazon to figure out how to use (hint, smoother boards have no direction to install and don't bother looking how to install the dampers since you can't use them)I haven't tried a print yet so I can't tell if the smoother boards does any difference.UPDATE: Well, I did a print and a few seconds into the print, I stopped it and removed the "smoother board". I have the V1.1.5 Silent mainboard upgrade and with these boards in place, my Ender was as loud as it was before the mainboard upgrade. So, all I have left installed are the springs, the extruder (without its nonworking fitting) and the tube so I dropped the rating to 2 stars. I would have dropped it to 1 star if the sum of the cost of the stuff left installed would be more expensive than buying them separately but at this point, it's about break even.One of the selling features of those kit is that original plastic feeder is prone to wear as the filament is pulled into the feeder it will rub against the plastic and 'saw through it'. Well, my original plastic extruder arm has a metal inserts the the filament goes through so nope, this 'sawing' would not have happened.