Kinze 3700 Front Folding Planter Rev. 7/14 - Manual (Page 109)

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Model 3700 M0233-01
Rev. 10/11 5-13
Lubrication and Maintenance
1. Remove two thumbscrews and meter from seed hopper and remove three cap screws and baffle from meter
assembly.
2. Rotate seed meter drive by hand to ensure springs are holding tabs of fingers against carrier plat and fingers
raise in correct area as shown in above photo.
Finger tabs should
raise in this area.
Finger tabs should
contact carrier
plate in this area.
Brush
Notch in
bearing
housing
Projection
on cam
Corn finger assembly
(Position Spring Opening
Toward Holder) Oil Sunflower finger
assembly
Spring
Baffle attachment to meter.
Meter attachment to hopper.
finger piCKUp Seed MeTer inSpeCTiOn/adJUSTMenT
Brush attachment
screw
Buildup of debris or chaff may prevent proper finger operation and requires disassembly and cleaning of finger pickup
meter.
1. Remove cotter pin, cover nut and adjusting nut and wave washer (If applicable) from drive shaft.
2. Carefully lift finger holder with fingers and cam off shaft and clean.
3. Check brush for wear and replace if necessary or after every 100 acres per row of operation (Approximately 800
acres of corn or sunflowers on a 8 row machine or 1200 acres on an 12 row machine).
nOTe: it is not necessary to remove finger holder to replace brush.
removing meter and baffle proper finger operation
finger pickup meter parts