User Manual

SECTION 7 MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
169000 163 Revision F
7.15 REPLACING SKID SHOE WEAR
PLATE
Skid shoes are equipped with replaceable wear
plates that can be reversed for increase service
life. It is recommended that wear plates be
replaced when the skid shoe weldment
becomes exposed.
a. Raise header, and engage lift cylinder stops.
CAUTION
Stop engine, and remove key from ignition
before leaving Operator’s seat for any
reason. A child or even a pet could engage
an idling machine.
b. Remove bolts (A), and clips from forward edge
of skid shoe.
NOTE
Use a socket and ratchet wrench to
access the nuts.
c. Remove clevis pins (B), and disengage tabs on
skid shoe from slots in cutterbar.
d. Remove eight bolts (C), and remove wear
plates (D).
e. Position replacement wear plate (D) as shown.
(The same wear plate can be reinstalled, but in
the reverse position).
f. Secure wear plate with bolts and nuts (C).
IMPORTANT
If bolt heads are worn down, replace with
new 1/2 in. x 1 carriage bolts.
g. Insert tabs on skid shoe into slots (E) on
cutterbar at inboard mounting locations on
frame, and secure with clevis pin (B).
h. Reinstall clips (A) with bolts and nuts removed at
step b. to secure skid shoe to cutterbar.
NOTE
Use a socket and ratchet wrench to
access the nuts.
i. Remove clevis pin, adjust skid shoe to desired
height, and reinstall two clevis pins. Secure with
lynch pins.
A
B
E
B
A
C
C
C
D