Filament keeps breaking

I have a creality ender 3 pro. I use creality pla+ filament. It breaks right at the Extruder. It breaks between the pulley and the gear on the stepper motor. it is the original setup from the factory. The only thing that i change was the hotend and that was a year ago. it looks like the filament is grind in half. It will work good for one print and then the next print it will break off. I check everything and it looks good. I even tighten the screw to make it tighter. thanks for the help i get.

Hi thereā€¦

I advice you to use a plastic container for the spool and some kind of tubing to cover the filament all the way from the box to the extruder to ensure it to be moisture free.

https://www.printables.com/es/model/32368-join-ptfe-tubes-together-magnetically

I think i got it fix. My tube that goes into the hot end was melted a little and i cut the end off and put it back together and seems to be working now. I am ordering more tubes from Amazon this week just to have them. So hopefully it is fix. Thanks for the help.