MacDon FFT FlexDraper FD75 - Page 436

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Reel too high o
rtoo
far forward
Lower reel or m
ove
reel rearward
• 3.7.8 Reel Height, page
73
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 73
Ground speed
to slow Increase ground speed
3.7.5 Ground
Speed, page
68
Loose knife drive belt
Adjust drive belt tension
5.9.2 Knife Driv e Belts,
page 318
Improper knife hold-down
adjustment
Adjust hold-down
Checking Knife
Hold-Downs, page 308
Dull or br
oken knife section
Replace k
nife section
5.8.1 Rep
lacing Knife
Section,
page 299
Bent or broken guards Align or r eplace guards
5.8.7 Knife Gu ards, page
303
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of knife
Adjust re e l position/finger
pitch
• 3.7.9 R
eel Fore-Aft
Positi
on, page 73
• 3.7.11
Reel Tine Pitch,
page 80
Steel
pick-up fingers
conta
cting knife
Increase reel clearance to
cutterbar o r adjust “frown”
• 5.13.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 350
• 5.13.2 Reel Frown, page
353
Float too heavy
Adju
st springs for
ligh
ter float
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Raise cutterbar by lowering
skid shoes
Cutting On the G r ou nd,
page 56
Install cut-out sections
Installing Knifehead Shield,
page 310
Mu
d or dirt build-up
on
cutterbar
Flatten header angle
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
66
Knife plugging
Knife is not operating at
recommended speed
Check engine speed
of combine
Refer to combine
operator’s manual
147695 420 Revision A