Feed Conveyor
Feeder chains plugging or wrapping
Possible Cause Correction
Uneven feed from header.
Refer to previous section on HEADER
or CONVEYOR PLUGGING (PG. 15)
condition
for header performance checks.
Improper feed chainspeed.
Check feed chain drive sheave
installation with grain header belts
driving off larger sheave diameter. With
corn header, belts driving off smaller
sheave diameter.
Feeder chain drum stops set toolow. Adjust feeder drumstops.
Dirt between front and rear feedchains. Clean out dirt.
Front feeder chain drive slip clutchset
too loose.
Check clutch assembly for wornor
broken parts.
Worn or damaged cylinderbars. Replace thresher cylinder bars.
Concave clearance too wide.
Reduce concave clearance and then
speed if crackingoccurs.
Feeder chain slats bowed ormissing.
Straighten or replace bent ormissing
slats.
Material entering into the outer endsof
front chain slats.
Adjust straw retarders toward centerof
header, then install fairingextensions.
Front feeder chains plugging in extreme conditions
Possible Cause Correction
Front feed chain grabbing crop, butnot
releasing to the rear feedchain.
Remove every other centerslat.
Too much material entering combine
Possible Cause Correction
Cutting too low in order to get alldown
and tangled crops.
Use lifting guards or pickup reelin
down and tangledconditions.
Uneven or bunched feeding of crop to cylinder
Possible Cause Correction
Uneven feed to cylinder.
Refer to previous listedfeeding
problems.
17
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General
