MacDon FFT FlexDraper FD75 - Page 434

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Crowding uncu
tcrop
Allow enough r
oom for crop
to be fed to cut
terbar
—
Strips of uncut
material
Broken knife sections
Replace broken sections
5.8.1 Replacing Knife
Section, page 299
Excessive bo
uncing
at normal fie
ld speed
Float set to
o light
Adjust header float
3.7.2 Heade
r Float, page
58
Divider rod running
down standing crop
Divider rods too long Remove divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider R ods,
page 87
Bushy or ta
ngled
crop flows o
ver
divider ro
d, builds
up on ends
heets
Divider ro
ds providing
insufficie
nt separation
Install lo
ng divider rods
3.7.13 Crop Divider R ods,
page 87
Reel not
frowning or not
centere
d in header
Adjust r
eel frown or reel
horizon
tal position
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 73
• 5.13.2 Reel Frown, page
353
Knife h
old-downs not
adjust
ed properly
Adjust
hold-dow ns so knife
works f
reely, but still keep
sectio
ns from lifting off
guards
Checki
ng Knife
Hold-D
owns, page 308
Knife sections or guards
arewornorbroken
Replace all worn and
broken cutting parts
5.8 Knife, page 299
Head
er is not level
Leve
l header
3.9 L
evelling the Header,
page
173
Ree
l fingers not lifting crop
pro
perly ahead of knife
Adj
ust ree l positio n/finger
pit
ch
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 73
• 3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 80
Crop not being cut at
ends
Divider runs down thick
crop at ends, preventing
proper feeding due to
material bridging the cutter
guards
Replace 3 or 4 end guards
with stub guards
• See your MacDon Dealer
• 5.8.7 Knife Guards, page
303
• 6.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page410
M
aterial
a
ccumulating in
g
ap between cut-out
i
n endsheet and
knifehead
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet
Add knifehead shield(s),
except in dam p/sticky soils
6.2.2 Knifehead Shield,
page 409
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