Instruction Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Float insufficient. Increase float.
4.7.2 Header Float, page
55
Consider installing
optional stub guards.
Cutterbar guards
breaking
Excessive nu
mber of
rocks in fiel
d.
Tip: Experiment with a
few guards on a section of
cutterbar to compare the
performance of the two
different styles of guards.
6.5.7 Knife G
uards, page
144
8.2.3 Stub G
uard
Conversion
Kit, page
262
Header too heavy.
Re-adjust float to make
header lighter.
4.7.2 Header Float, page
55
Decrease header angle
with lift c ylin ders.
Header angle too steep.
Shorten the center-link.
4.7.3 Header Angle, page
55
Regular guards push dirt
andplugupwithtrash
or plug up with trash and
then push dirt.
Install stub guard kit.
8.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
262
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Insufficient support for
header.
Install center skid shoes
on header.
Cutting On the Ground,
page 53
Adjus
t front deck supports
to obt
ain proper clearance
betwe
en cutterbar and
drape
r.
6.7.7 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 186
Cutterbar fills up with
dirt
Excessive gap between
top of front of draper and
cutterbar.
Raise header fully at each
end of field or as required
and shift decks back and
forthtohelpcleanout
cutterbar.
Reel fingers (steel) bent
and hook plants from crop
flow on drapers.
Straighten fingers (steel).
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Raise reel.
4.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
Reel carries over odd
plants in sam e location
Dirt accumulation on end
of fingers prevent plants
dropping off fingers onto
drapers.
Adjust reel fore and aft
location to move fingers
out of the ground.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges.
Cut at angle to ridges or
crop rows to allow knife
and guards to c lean out
better.
Cutterbar pushing too
much dirt in certain
locations for length of
field
Rolling land along length
of field.
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digg i ng in.
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