MacDon 974 FlexDraper - Manual (Page 50)

Form # 147083 Issue 01/07 48
MAINTENANCE/SERVICE
SICKLE AND SICKLE DRIVE (continued)
Spare Sickle Storage
Provision has been made for storage of a spare sickle
in the header main tube, with access from the R/H
side.
1. From R/H end of header, insert sickle c/w head
into plastic sheath in header main tube. Sickle
sections point rearward as shown.
2. Push sickle into sheath until head contacts stop.
Tighten hardware as shown to secure the sickle.
Guards
CAUTION: Always engage reel props
before working under reel.
Check daily that guards are aligned to obtain proper
shear cut between sickle section and guard. Sickle
sections should contact shear surface of each guard.
Align guards with guard straightening tool (available
from your Dealer Parts Department) as shown:
To bend guard tips up, position tool as shown at (A)
and pull up.
To bend tips down, position tool as at (B) and push
down.
TIP: If trouble is encountered cutting tangled, but easy
to cut material (canola, peas, grain) replace guards
with stub guards and install a sickle hold-down on
every guard.
BENDING GUARD TIPS UP
A
BENDING GUARD TIPS DOWN
B
SPARE SICKLE STORAGE