Great Plains 2510HDF Operator Manual - Manual (Page 59)

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Table of Contents Index Maintenance and Lubrication 55
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Row Unit Maintenance
Disk Spreader-Scraper
Note: It is normal for blade spreader to have some loose-
ness in the holder and between the blades. Some
looseness is required for proper operation.
Refer to Figure 53
To perform this inspection (and replacement), it may be
necessary to remove one or both opener disk blades.
1. With unit raised, remove bolt holding on one or
both blades.
Note: Keep the spacer washers on the outside of the
disk on the bolt. Do not misplace the spacers on
the insider of the disk. They control disk-to-disk
contact.
2. Check blade spreader for wear. Replace spreader
assembly if the lower section ahead of the seed
tube bracket is 1 ⁄
2
in (13mm) thick or narrower.
3. To replace, remove seed tube , drive out roll pins
and install new spreader.
4. When reinstalling disk blades, put spacers back on in
same order as removed.
Seed Flap Replacement
Refer to Figure 54
To replace a seed flap
use a needle nose or similar
tool and squeeze the tabs together. Pull plastic seed
flap down out of metal bracket .
Push new seed flap up through metal bracket until
tabs on seed flap snap in place.
Figure 53
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Figure 54
Seed Tube Flap
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