Great Plains 1520P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 55)

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53 Maintenance and Lubrication
Meter Maintenance
Meter Slide Maintenance. For proper seeding
operation, seasonally or when changing crops,
check meter slide for wear. If you have a notice-
able increase in seeding rate you may need to
replace the meter slide.
Refer to Figure 58
1. If seed box is not empty, shut off sliding seed
tubes.
Refer to Figure 59
2. Clean out seed meter.
Refer to Figure 60
3. Remove wheel retainer and spring. Refer to
page 34 for more information.
4. Pull seed meter wheel out about
1 ⁄
4
inch, or
past the wheel drive pin, and spin backward to
clean out seeds from top pockets.
5. Remove the seed meter wheel.
Figure 58
Sliding seed tubes shut off
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Sliding seed
tubes
Figure 59
Meter clean out
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Seed Meter
Clean out
Figure 60
Remove seed meter wheel
18295
Spin wheel
backward before
removing
Wheel
drive pin