24 Pin Extruder Ribbon Cable Cleanup Kit

In recent months, I've been playing around with different direct drive extruder configurations on my Tronxy XY-2 Pro.

I first installed an extruder kit from the now defunct Comgrow, who's function was to install a Sovol SV06 planetary gear direct drive extruder on to a Creality Ender 3.  Since the Tronxy XY-2 Pro is slightly larger than an Ender 3, and the location of the Tronxy's main board is located in the right rear corner, rather than front left Corner “Ender 3 main board location”, the 24 pin ribbon cable included wasn't long enough for installation tied to either side of the machine, so I settled on running the cable out from the back side, centered on the machine.  This allowed for the full build height on the Z axis without interference.

Most recently, I swapped the SV06 tool head for a Creality Sprite Pro extruder.  The Sprite extruder also uses a 24 pin ribbon cable, but it's 12" longer than the cable included with the Comgrow kit.  Since the Sprite cable was so much longer, I first ran it hard mounted on the right side of the machine, but I was unable to dress it in a fashion I was happy with, so I decided to re-route it the same as I'd previously done with the shorter Comgrow cable.

Due to the added length of the Sprite's ribbon cable, it was a sagging & floppy mess to look at, so I made this group of parts for straightening out and dressing up what I hope will be the final configuration of my Tronxy XY-2 Pro.

While the Sprite is a great extruder that is considerably lighter than the SV06 extruder, I do favor the SV06 extruder over it for a number of reasons.  The Tronxy XY-2 Pro has been my least favorite machine since the day I bought it, so it's my “go to” machine for experimenting with different configurations.  I'm leaving the Sprite installed on that machine so I can install the SV06 extruder on to a machine I actually like.

Installation of these parts is super easy.  Most of the parts included simply slip on to the cable.  The only part that's using fasteners is the “Sprite_Ribbon_YMTR_Anchor.stl” part.  That part anchors the ribbon cable far enough to the rear of the Y axis motor to provide clearance for the Bambu Lab 257mm X 257mm build plates I use on the Tronxy and connects over the Y axis stepper motor mounting bracket using the two rear most screws holding the motor to the bracket.

All parts in this kit print easily as oriented in the STL's with no need for supports.  As with most of my printer upgrades, I print these in PETG, however, they should work fine printed in any material, including PLA, so long as the machine isn't working within a heated build chamber.

I hope the photo's I've included here are self explanatory enough, but please don't hesitate to ask questions if those photo's and this documentation fail you.

This kit is for a very “niche” configuration of an unpopular machine, however, the individual parts may be useful to others who are wanting to do something similar with other machines.  Since these parts are so generic and are designed around some very common hardware, they may be useful for a broad range of machines and setups.