# Absolute beginner: changing nozzle **URL:** \ **Category:** Sovol SV06 ACE\ **Created:** [February 7, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850 "2025-02-07T17:31:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zeitverschreib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@zeitverschreib](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/zeitverschreib)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/1 "2025-02-07T17:31:44Z")
The ACE is my first printer and I’m quite happy with it. But I guess there will come a time when I have to change the nozzle. I’ve seen the video on YT about unclogging and replacing the nozzle, but I find it hard to believe that I’d have to dismantle so much of the print head just to change from, say, 0.4 to 0.8 for a single print job. Is that correct? Thanks in advance for any hints and sorry if this is a stupid question. I just don’t want to break anything. ---
**Author:** ![mich0111](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/mich0111/32/1176_2.png) [@mich0111](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/mich0111)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/2 "2025-02-07T17:42:06Z")
Hi, It depends on your problem. If your wish is just to replace your nozzle, you just have to disassemble and reassemble it (with great care) . If there are more problems, obstruction, gears, …, it can be much more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Lion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/lion/32/5586_2.png) [@Lion](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/Lion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/3 "2025-02-07T20:29:30Z")
You can change just the nozzle, but you have to find a safe place to hold it with a wrench/pliers to unscrew it. ![222](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/sovolforum/original/2X/2/2451924f478bc0d8516e554645704c1499040423.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![moskrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/moskrin/32/2804_2.png) [@moskrin](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/moskrin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/4 "2025-02-08T14:19:30Z")
Same situation, first printer, but I’m a long time tinkerer, so I’m cautious but not afraid to take things apart. I ordered a replacement hotend from Sovol, figuring having a spare around isn’t a bad idea, and I can see how the nozzle is supposed to seat and where it’s safe to grab, etc before I start dismantling the real thing, and if I do screw it up, I already have the part I need since they apparently take a long time to receive (my order from almost 2 weeks ago still hasn’t shipped). I can post some pics when I get to it if it’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![mich0111](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/mich0111/32/1176_2.png) [@mich0111](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/mich0111)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/5 "2025-02-08T14:23:28Z")
Hello, Every help is welcome to this forum. ---
**Author:** ![zeitverschreib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@zeitverschreib](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/zeitverschreib)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/6 "2025-02-08T14:32:32Z")
I’m also waiting for the shipment. I placed my order for a spare plate and a steel nozzle on 29.01., no movement yet. In the meantime, I ordered a A1 Mini as backup printer, just in case. Yes, Bambu’s new policies suck, but that machine is just too cute and doesn’t take up much space. ---
**Author:** ![Lion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/lion/32/5586_2.png) [@Lion](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/Lion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/7 "2025-02-08T14:50:54Z")
Chinese New Year just ended/from 1/28 - 2/4 or 2/12, so orders should start shipping soon. ---
**Author:** ![moskrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/moskrin/32/2804_2.png) [@moskrin](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/moskrin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/8 "2025-02-08T22:46:47Z")
What I’ve learned so far is that the printer itself doesn’t take up much space, but the stacks of filament are starting to spread out ---
**Author:** ![mich0111](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/mich0111/32/1176_2.png) [@mich0111](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/mich0111)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/10 "2025-02-09T09:17:01Z")
Hi, That’s why I have a cabinet just for the filaments ---
**Author:** ![moskrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.sovol3d.com/moskrin/32/2804_2.png) [@moskrin](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/moskrin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/absolute-beginner-changing-nozzle/6850/11 "2025-02-15T21:06:18Z")
Ok, my package arrived. It let me examine the hot end and have a spare just in case. I’d also ordered a few 21mm volcano nozzles from AliEx which from my research seemed likely to work. They do work. Here’s the Sovol nozzle and a volcano next to each other: ![PXL_20250215_192152778](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/sovolforum/original/2X/0/0acf6c36df5968cc557d87486519c4b82044a737.jpeg) and here’s the volcano in the hotend: ![PXL_20250215_192245239](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/sovolforum/original/2X/c/c4826024c134abb8113c98d961f0695d9b9e9ae9.jpeg) To change it, I had to take the fan off by removing one screw on each side, then I let it hang on its wires. I removed the silicone boot from the hot end and held it in a pair of pliers closing on the sides, not front-to-back, and unscrewed the nozzle. I didn’t have to heat up the hot end to get it loose, it took some tension to break free, but not a lot. I’ve printed a couple of small items after the change and it seems to be working just fine so far.