I know about the cheaper extruders but tbh I've heard very bad things and about cheap upgrades in general for 3D printers, I truly want to get one that is great and I wont have to mod for example as I've heard that for some models like this you need to mod it cause the gears rub against the aluminum if not.

I've tried higher temps tho, rn I'm in a long print (has been printing for more than a day and there is more than 50% left) and the tensioner screw was tightened all the way, I thought that would help, just loosened the screw a little and all of a sudden it is better now, does not make a lot of sense in my head but I guess it helped for now. I work from home and I have the printer by my side and throughout the day I head the extruder skipping, now it has been printing for about half an hour and I have not heard anything

Oh okay thank you, I just ordered a metal one from Amazon here hopefully it goes well! Sorry for my lack of understanding

I bought an extruder similar to this on amazon, and mounted it place of the stock one, it has a more standard screw in ptfe coupling. https://www.amazon.com/HICTOP-Extruder-Compatible-Creality-Upgraded/dp/B08R6XZHSN/ref=sr\_1\_25?dchild=1&keywords=extruder&qid=1621333785&sr=8-25