Instruction Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING
7.2 Cutting Action and Knife Components
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Knife hold-downs not
adjusted properly.
Adjust hold-downs.
Checking Knife
Hold-Downs, page 149
Knife secti
ons or guards
arewornorb
roken.
Replace all worn and
broken cutting parts.
6.5 Knife, p
age 140
Knife is not operating at
recommended speed.
Check engine speed of
windrower.
Refer to your windrower
operator’s manual
Ground speed too fast for
reel speed.
Reduce ground speed or
increase reel speed.
4.7.5 G round Speed, page
57
4.7.4 Reel Speed, page 56
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of knife.
Adjust reel position / finger
pitch.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
Cutterbar too high. Lower c
utting height.
4.7.1 Cutting Height, page
50
Header angle too flat. Steepen header angle.
Controlling Head er Angle,
page 56
Bent knife, causing binding
of cutting parts.
Straighten a bent knife.
Align guards.
Cutting edge of guards not
close enough, or parallel to
knife sections.
Ali
gn guards.
6.5.7 Knife Guards, page
144
Tangled / tough to cut crop.
Install stub guards.
6.5.7 Knife Guards, page
144
8.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
262
See your MacDon Dealer
Reel too far back. Move reel forward.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
Ragged or uneven
cutting of crop
Loose knife drive belt.
Adjust drive belt tension.
Tensioning Non-Timed
Knife Drive Belts, page 163
or Tensioning Timed Knife
DriveBelts,page168
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