Great Plains PD8070 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 79)

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Table of Contents Index Maintenance and Lubrication 75
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Exchanging Finger Sets
Although time-consuming, corn meters may be, with care,
converted to sunflower meters, and vice-versa
a . Starting
with factory-supplied corn meters, order quantity 16 of:
403-659A SUNFLOWER 12 FINGER CONV KIT
Refer to Figure 85
This kit contains a sunflower finger set
, Insert C
and brushless block .
Note: Meter conversion is available only for finger pickup
meters that were originally corn meters.
Factory-supplied sunflower meters cannot be
converted to corn meters, as they lack a brush
adjustment decal, which requires a factory
alignment fixture.
Remove Meter Cover
1. Remove the hoppers from the rows (page 52), and
remove the finger pickup meters from the hoppers
(page 18).
Refer to Figure 86
2.
Remove three sets of bolts and nuts securing the
cover to the meter.
Remove Adjustment Lever
Refer to Figure 87
3.
Remove the E-clip closer to the brush block .
4. Withdraw the adjustment lever . Store the removed
e-clip on it.
Note: Sunflower meters use a brushless block (installed
at step 13). The brushless block cannot be
installed with the adjustment lever present.
Remove Brush Block
5. Remove the two screws that secure the brush
block , then remove the brush block.
a. Larger sunflower sizes plant with the standard Corn configuration. See “Sunflower Meter Configurations” on page 54.
Figure 85
Sunflower Conversion Kit
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Figure 86
Removing Meter Cover
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Figure 87
Remove Adjustment Lever
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