MIG Wire feeding

[jnelson]

Hey everyone! It’s the empty gas guy again. Haven’t had a chance to meet most of y’all.

Initially when using the MIG this evening, the line wouldn’t feed. I put it back on. It would go for a second, then stop again. Then the next time it fed, it spooled up inside, I cut it, and attempted to remove the wire from the gun and just restart with a new line maybe tighten something up.

Sounded like a good idea but felt out of my element and stopped. So the MIG is currently not hooked up to the spool inside. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[Draco]

Calling @Team_Metal_Shop

[TBJK]

So does the spool not have the spring in it? Hard to say what’s causing it without seeing first person

[HankCowdog]

Knowing which MiG would help, too. I’ll be there this (Tuesday) evening and can take a look.

Sounds like the spool tension spring to me.

[TBJK]

All is well. The spool was on wrong.
This is what it should look like:

This is what it should NOT look like