@dc42 I dont think its actually skipping steps though. I really cant pinpoint the noise if its the hob gears or in the housing...
The tension arm never moves and the visible bearing doesnt bounce. And im also not seeing any hiccups in the print.
I went through teaching techs calibration site twice getting it dialed in and my e steps are spot on. I still had to dial the flow back to 72% in my slicer. But It could just be the rapidos long melt zone and having to print PETG slower than pla. So im not sure if thats some underlying issue or anything but everything is printing very well...
Maybe im just being paranoid about burning it out. Ive been monitoring it with a FLIR thermal camera and i havent seen it get above 92c ... generally hangs out around 85- 86c.