User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 169000_RevF - Final - A Series OM Cover MACDON for WEB.pdf
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 - new cover_WEB.pdf
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- Model and Serial Number
- 1Safety
 - 2Definitions
 - 3Component Identification
 - 4Specifications
 - 5Operation
- 5.1Owner/Operator Responsibilities
 - 5.2Operational Safety
 - 5.3Tractor Setup: Pull-Type
 - 5.4Mower Conditioner / Tractor Hook-Up: Pull-Type
 - 5.5Mower Conditioner / Tractor Unhook: Pull-Type
 - 5.6Header Attachment: Self-Propelled
 - 5.7Configure Reverser Valve Jumper Hose
 - 5.8Header Detachment: Self Propelled
 - 5.9Transporting Header/Mower Conditioner
 - 5.10Break-In Period
 - 5.11Preseason Check
 - 5.12Daily Start-Up Check
 - 5.13Shutdown Procedure
 - 5.14Engaging the Power Take-Off (PTO): Pull-Type
 - 5.15Lift Cylinder Lockouts
 - 5.16Steering the Pull-Type Mower Conditioner
 - 5.17Unplugging the Header/Mower Conditioner
- 5.17.1Unplugging Conditioner and Knife: Pull-Type
 - 5.17.2Unplugging Conditioner: Self-Propelled
 - 5.17.3Unplugging Conditioner and Knife: Self-Propelled
 - 5.18Header Operation
 - 5.18.1Lean Bar Position
 - 5.18.2Auger Speed
 - 5.18.3Reel Speed
 - 5.18.4Auger Position
 - 5.18.5Reel Position
 - 5.18.6Adjusting Tine Aggressiveness
 - 5.18.7Cutting Height
 - 5.18.8Header Angle
 - 5.18.9Flotation
 - 5.18.10Adjusting Feed Pan and Rock Drop Tine Position
 - 5.18.11Hay Conditioner
 - 5.18.12Adjusting Roll Tension
 - 5.18.13Forming Shields
 - 5.18.14Tall Crop Dividers
 - 5.18.15Ground Speed
 - 5.18.16Grass Seed Windrowing
 - 5.18.17Haying Tips
 - 5.18.18Storage
 
 
 - 6Maintenance and Servicing
- 6.1Preparation for Servicing
 - 6.2Recommended Safety Procedures
 - 6.3Maintenance Specifications
 - 6.4Driveshields
 - 6.5Lift Cylinder Lock-Outs
 - 6.6Lubrication
 - 6.7Hydraulics
 - 6.8Knife and Knife Drive
- 6.8.1Replacing Knife Section
 - 6.8.2Sickle Removal
 - 6.8.3Installing Knife
 - 6.8.4Sickle Head Bearing Removal
 - 6.8.5Sickle Head Bearing Installation
 - 6.8.6Spare Sickle
 - 6.8.7Sickle Guards
 - 6.8.8Sickle Hold-Downs
 - 6.8.9Sickle Drive Belt: A30-S
 - 6.8.10Sickle Drive Belts: A30-D
 - 6.8.11Sickle Drive Belts: A40-D
- Adjusting Tension on Knife Drive Timing Belt – A40-D Left Side
 - Adjusting Tension on Knife Drive Timing Belt – A40-D Left Side
 - Removal: A40-D LH Sickle Drive Timing Belt
 - Removal: A40-D LH Sickle Drive Timing Belt
 - Installing Knife Drive Timing Belts – A40-D Left Side
 - Installing Knife Drive Double V-Belts – A40-D Left Side
 - Adjusting Tension on Knife Drive Belt – A40-D Right Side
 - Removing Knife Drive Belt – A40-D Right Side
 - Installing Knife Drive Belt – A40-D Right Side
 
 - 6.8.12Sickle Drive Belt Timing Adjustment
 - 6.8.13Knife Drive Box
 
 - 6.9Reel Drive Belts: A30-S, A30-D
 - 6.10Reel Tines and Tine Bar Bearings – A30-D
 - 6.11Reel and Reel Drive: A30-S, A30-D
 - 6.12Reel and Reel Drive: A40-D
 - 6.13Auger and Auger Drive – A30-D
 - 6.14Auger and Auger Drive – A40-D
 - 6.15Conditioner
- 6.15.1Changing Gearbox Oil
 - 6.15.2Removing Forming Shield
 - 6.15.3Disassembling Forming Shield
 - 6.15.4Assembling Forming Shield
 - 5.Attach adjuster rods (B) to side deflectors (C) with lynch pin (A).
 - 6.15.5Installing Forming Shield
 - 6.15.6Hydraulic Drive Motor Removal: All Models
 - 6.15.7Hydraulic Drive Motor Installation: All Models
 - 6.15.8Gearbox Removal: A30-S
 - 6.15.9Gearbox Installation: A30-S
 - 6.15.10Gearbox Removal: A30-D
 - 6.15.11Gearbox Installation: A30-D
 - 6.15.12Gearbox Removal: A40-D
 - 6.15.13Gearbox Installation: A40-D
 
 - 6.16Wheels and Tires – A30-D
 - 6.17Replacing Skid Shoe Wear Plate
 - 6.18Gauge Rollers
 - 6.19Maintaining Electrical System
 - 6.20Maintenance Schedule
 
 - 7Troubleshooting
 - 8Options and Attachments
 - 9Unloading and Assembly
 
 
 - Model and Serial Number
 
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  SECTION 7 MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING 
169000  161  Revision F 
7.14  WHEELS, TIRES, AND HITCH: 
PULL-TYPE 
CAUTION 
To avoid personal injury, before servicing 
header/mower conditioner or opening drive 
covers, follow procedures in Section 7.1 
PREPARATION FOR SERVICING. 
7.14.1 Wheel Bolts 
IMPORTANT 
Check and tighten wheel bolts after the 
first hour of operation, and every  
100 hours thereafter. 
IMPORTANT 
Whenever a wheel is removed and 
reinstalled, check torque after one hour  
of operation. Maintain 120 ft·lbf  
(160 N·m) torque. 
7.14.2  Removing Wheel 
a.  Lower header to the ground. 
b.  Retrieve jack (5000 lb. capacity) from storage 
position on Articulating Power Tongue (APT). 
c.  Position jack on mount provided on frame leg as 
shown, and raise tire just off the ground. Place 
block under frame leg. 
d. Remove wheel bolts. 
e. Remove wheel. 
7.14.3  Installing Wheel 
CAUTION 
When installing wheel be sure to use the 
holes that are countersunk to match bolt 
head profile. 
The uncountersunk holes do NOT seat the 
bolts correctly. 
IMPORTANT 
Follow proper bolt tightening sequence 
shown. Be sure valve stem (A) points 
AWAY from wheel support. 
a.  Position wheel on spindle, and install bolts. 
Partially tighten. 
b.  Remove blocks, and raise jack until tire contacts 
the ground. 
c. Torque bolts to 120 ft·lbf (160 N·m) in 
accordance with tightening sequence shown. 
d.  Raise jack completely, remove from leg and 
store on Articulating Power Tongue (APT). 
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