MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
Adjusting Knife Guards
To adjust knife guards, follow these steps:
NOTE:
The guard straightening tool (MD #140135) is available
from your MacDon Dealer.
1. To adjust guard tips upward, position tool as shown,
and pull up.
Figure 5.91: Upward Adjustment
2. To a djust tips downward, po sition tool as shown and
push down.
TIP:
If trouble is encountered cutting tangled or
fine-stemmed ma te rial, install a kn ife hold- down
on every gu ard and then replace lower guards
with stub guards.
3. If material is tough to cut, install stub guards w ith top
guard and adjuster plate. A kit is available from your
MacDon Dealer. Refer to 6.2.3 Stub Guard Conversion
Kit, page 410.
Figure 5.92: Downward Adjustment
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