# Nozzle crashed in to bed
**URL:** https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867
**Category:** Sovol SV06 Fully Open Source 3D Printer
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867 "2023-03-02T11:39:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@IanW](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/IanW)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/1 "2023-03-02T11:39:24Z")
Hello,
After a couple of weeks faultless operation of my new Sovol 06 I was having an issue with a consistent print error (see “Consistent Printer Error” post). So I carried out the bed levelling procedure again, including setting the Z offset to see if it would cure the problem (I have done this procedure several times without issue) . After carrying out the bed levelling procedure I started a print at which point the nozzle gouged the bed (see attached picture).
The only thing I can think of that may have caused this is that I selected “Load Settings” rather than “Save Settings” when levelling the bed.
Anyway I replaced the nozzle and turned the bed over to use the non gouged side, unloaded an reloaded the filament, carried out the bed levelling procedure again also setting the Z offset and started a print. At which point nothing came out of the nozzle (the nozzle wasn’t blocked as I could purge it when changing filament).
I thought that the nozzle may be to close to the bed so I carried out the bed levelling procedure again also setting the Z offset so there was barely a drag on an A4 piece of paper. After this I started a print and the nozzle scraped the bed, not as bad as the initial gouge but enough to ruin the nozzle.
I have ordered a new bed and some nozzles.
What steps can I do to resolve this issue, has the printer been damaged by gouging the bed or is it something that can be addressed without the need for new parts other than the bed & nozzles?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@jmsdev](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/jmsdev)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/2 "2023-04-17T06:38:26Z")
This also just happened to me. Was the root cause identified?
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### Author:  [@IanW](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/IanW)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/3 "2023-04-17T08:24:57Z")
Afraid not?
Bought a new bed, hasn’t happen since.
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### Author:  [@jmsdev](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/jmsdev)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/4 "2023-04-17T14:35:11Z")
What firmware version were you running when the nozzle crash occurred?
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### Author:  [@Maeryk](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/Maeryk)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/5 "2023-04-18T00:13:04Z")
My bet is you didn’t auto home twice before doing the Z offset, or autohomed without heating it up first. That was my mistake when I did the very same thing. Twice. So, basically, you did your z offset with the nozzle higher than it should have been, then saved that. Then it autoleveled, and added your offset to it’s low calibration, and bed plowing ensues.
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### Author:  [@IanW](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/IanW)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/6 "2023-04-18T08:06:09Z")
Maeryk,
That could well have been it.
jmsdev,
I can’t remember what the firmware was but I upgraded it on the advise of Sovol support to SV06V2.0.0A\_2.24.Bin
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### Author:  [@Kgluong](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/Kgluong)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/7 "2023-04-19T15:11:17Z")
Did you do z alignment first?
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### Author:  [@noob](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/noob)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/8 "2025-01-19T19:31:59Z")
It happened to me too. I noticed that all my settings were deleted somehow, so I tried resetting them by leveling aligning homing, and setting z offset. I tried it and it dove nosel into the plate and I tried to keep going.
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### Author:  [@FProxy](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/FProxy)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/nozzle-crashed-in-to-bed/1867/9 "2026-01-22T03:51:51Z")
Whenever I start a print this happens. The printer then does a sort of calibration check and then prints as usual.