SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING

9 TROUBLESHOOTING

9.1 CROP LOSS AT CUTTERBAR

Does Not Pick-Up Down

Crop.

Heads Shattering Or

Breaking Off.

Cut Grain Falling Ahead Of

Cutterbar.

Cutterbar too high.

Header angle too flat.

Reel too high.

Reel too far back.

Ground speed too fast for reel speed.

Reel fingers not lifting crop sufficiently.

Reel speed too fast.

Reel too low.

Ground speed too fast.

Crop too ripe.

Ground speed too slow.

Reel speed too slow.

Reel too high.

Cutterbar too high.

Reel too far forward.

Cutting at speeds over 6 mph

(10 km/h) with high-torque (10 tooth) reel drive sprocket.

Worn or broken sickle components.

Crowding uncut crop.

Strips Of Uncut Material.

Broken sickle sections.

Excessive Bouncing At

Normal Field Speed.

Divider Rod Running Down

Standing Crop.

Bushy or Tangled Crop

Flows Over Divider Rod,

Builds Up On Endsheets.

Float set too light.

Divider rods too long.

Divider rods providing insufficient separation.

* See your MacDon dealer.

** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.

*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.

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Lower cutterbar.

Steepen header angle.

Lower reel.

Move reel forward.

Reduce ground speed or increase reel speed.

Increase finger pitch aggressiveness.

Install lifter guards.

Reduce reel speed.

Raise reel.

Reduce ground speed.

Operate at night when humidity is higher.

Increase ground speed.

Increase reel speed.

Lower reel.

Lower cutterbar.

Move reel back on arms.

Replace with high speed (19 tooth) reel drive sprocket.

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7.12.3

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7.12.9

7.12.5

7.12.4

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7.12.4

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7.12.5

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7.12.5

7.12.4

7.12.8

7.12.1

7.12.9

8.9.6 or

8.9.7

Replace. 8.7

Allow enough room for crop to be fed to cutterbar.

Replace.

Adjust float.

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8.7

7.12.2

Remove divider rod.

Install long divider rods or floating dividers.

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Revision B