Great Plains YP3025 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 105)

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Table of Contents Index Maintenance and Lubrication 101
2013-09-09 Table of Contents Index 401-703M
Installing Flow Gate
Rice seed wheels require a Flow Gate instead of a meter
slide. See page 131 for ordering information.
1. Remove meter wheel (see page 80).
Refer to Figure 139 (which depicts a demonstration meter
with a transparent housing)
2.
Remove cotter pin securing retaining pin at top of
meter slide.
3. Remove retaining pin and slowly remove the
817-405C meter slide, being sure to capture the
three (3) springs tensioning the slide (2 at top
,
1 at bottom ). Save the old pins, slide and springs
for future use with the removed wheels.
Refer to Figure 140 (which depicts a demonstration meter
with a transparent housing)
4.
Install the 817-529C Flow Gate in the same posi-
tion as the meter slide, but without springs.
5. Secure the Flow Gate with the retaining pin and cot-
ter pin supplied with the Flow gate.
6. Install the rice wheel.
Figure 139
Remove Meter Slide
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3
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2
3
Figure 140
Install Flow Gate
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