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Maintenance/service – MacDon 3020 Pull-Type Windrower User Manual

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MAINTENANCE/SERVICE

DRAPERS AND DRAPER DRIVE

Draper Tracking (continued)

To adjust drive roller position, continue as follows:

3. Release draper tension by using hand or foot to

move lever (A) over-center, toward end of

header.

CAUTION: Spring loaded over-center

action causes handle to kick back

when tension is released. To avoid

possible injury, do not hold lever when

releasing tension.

4. Mark roller bracket (B) before moving roller, to

show original position.

5. Loosen nut (C).

6. Move front of roller in or out as required (see

Steps 1 and 2) in 1/8 inch (3 mm) increments

until draper edge is parallel to cutterbar.

7. Tighten nut (C) to secure the position and apply

draper tension by rotating lever (A) toward

center of draper.

8. Once drapers are tracking parallel to cutterbar,

adjust idler roller springs (see "Draper

Tension") so that draper (D) just touches

cutterbar (E) at cutting height.

9. Check that draper edges are running parallel to

cutterbar after idler spring adjustment. Adjust

again if necessary.

RELEASE DRAPER TENSION

A

DRIVE ROLLER ADJUSTMENT

(DRAPER REMOVED FOR PHOTO CLARITY)

B

C

DRAPER RUNS PARALLEL TO CUTTERBAR -

JUST CONTACTING AT CUTTING HEIGHT

D

E