MacDon A40D - Installing Skid Shoes

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3.2 Installing Skid Shoes
If the Skid Shoes kit is NOT supplied, proceed to 3.3 Installing Gauge Rollers, page 13. Otherwise, proceed as follows:
NOTE:
This kit may be installed later in the header assembly sequence, but it may be easier prior to laying the header down.
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Figure 3.2: Skid Shoe Bundle
1. Unpack the skid shoe bundle.
2. Remove two clevis pins (A) from each skid shoe.
3. Remove and retain nuts, bolts, and clips (B) from skid shoe.
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Figure 3.3: Skid Shoe Hardware
4. Position the skid shoe below cutterbar and insert the tabs
on skid shoe into slots (A) in frame. Secure with clevis
pin (B).
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Figure 3.4: Skid Shoe Installed
5. Attach clips (A) with bolts and nuts removed earlier in this
procedure to secure the skid shoe to the cutterbar.
NOTE:
Use a socket and ratchet wrench to access the nuts.
6. Tighten the nuts.
7. Remove clevis pin (B) and adjust the skid shoe to the
desired height. Reinstall two clevis pins (B) and secure with
the lynch pins.
8. Repeat the previous steps for opposite side. Set both skid
shoes to the same position.
ASSEMBLING THE MACHINE