MacDon D65 SP DHOM User Manual
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Symptom
Problem
Solution
Section
Excessive bouncing
at normal field speed
Float set too light
Adjust header float.
Divider rod running
down standing crop
Divider rods too long
Remove divider rod.
4.7.12 Crop Divider Rods,
page 72
Bushy or tangled
crop flows over
divider rod, builds
up on endsheets
Divider rods providing
insufficient separation
Install long divider rods.
4.7.12 Crop Divider Rods,
page 72
Reel not frowning or not
centered in header
Adjust reel frown or reel
horizontal position.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
6.8.2 Reel Frown, page 203
Knife hold-downs not
adjusted properly
Adjust hold-downs so knife
works freely, but still keep
sections from lifting off
guards.
Checking Knife
Hold-Downs, page 149
Knife sections or guards
are worn or broken
Replace all worn and
broken cutting parts.
Header is not level
Level header.
4.12 Levelling the Header,
page 83
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
Crop not being cut at
ends
Divider runs down thick
crop at ends, preventing
proper feeding due to
material bridging the cutter
guards
Replace 3 or 4 end guards
with stub guards.
See your MacDon Dealer,
and
Material
accumulating in
gap between cut-out
in endsheet and
knifehead
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet
Add knifehead shield(s),
except in damp/sticky soils.
8.2.2 Knifehead Shield,
page 261
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