Great Plains YP1630F-1670 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 94)

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Meter Drive Adjustments
The meter clutch and meter input shaft must be aligned.
Misalignment will cause meter malfunction and
excessive meter-housing wear. Periodically check
vertical and horizontal alignment of meter clutch and
meter input shaft.
Refer to Figure 94
1.
Latch hopper onto hopper support.
2. Check that roll pin in end of meter input shaft is
centered. When centered, equal amounts of roll pin
will protrude from both sides of shaft.
3. Rotate meter input shaft so that roll pin is vertical.
4. Rotate drive coupler on meter clutch so that slots
are vertical.
5. Release meter clutch to engage meter input shaft.
6. If shafts are aligned vertically, drive coupler will
engage with meter input shaft freely and roll pin will
extend equally on each side of the drive coupler.
Disengage clutch and repeat steps checking for
horizontal alignment.
7. If drive coupler does not freely engage meter input
shaft vertically or horizontally, loosen the
5 ⁄
16
inch
nuts . Engage meter clutch. Align meter clutch with
meter input shaft.
8. Tighten
5 ⁄
16
inch nuts to torque values listed in
“Torque Values Chart” on page 119.
Figure 94
Clutch Adjustment
17891
1
2
3
4
4
1
2
3
4