MacDon FFT FlexDraper FD75 - Page 439

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Reel speed too
fast Reduce reel speed
3.7.4 Reel S pe
ed, page
67
Reel fingers not
aggressive enough
Move to a more
aggressive finger pitch
notch
3.7.11 Re el Tine Pitch,
page 80
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.8 Reel H eight, pa ge
73
Relief valve on co mbine
(not on combine adapter)
has low relief pressure
setting
Increase relief pressure
to manufacturer’s
recommendations
Low oil reservoir level on
combine
NOTE:
Sometime
s there
is m ore th
an one
reservo
ir
Fill to proper level
Relief v alve m alfun ction Rep lace r elief valve
Refer to the combine
operator’s manual
Reel motion is uneven
or stalls In heavy crops
Cutting
tough crops with
standa
rd torque (19-tooth)
reel dr
ive sprocket
Replacewithhightorque
(10-tooth or 14-tooth) reel
drive sprocke t
5.14.1 Replacing Reel
Drive Sprocket, page 372
Plastic fingerscutattip
Insufficient reel to
cutterbar clearance
Increase clearance
5.13.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 350
Raise header
3.7.1 C u tting Height, page
52
Decrease header tilt
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
66
Plastic fingers bent
rearward at tip
Reel digging into ground
with reel speed slower
than ground speed
Move reel aft
3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 73
Raise header
3.7
.1 Cutting Height, page
52
Decrease header tilt
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
66
Plastic fingers bent
forward at tip (opposite
of above)
Reel digging into ground
with reel speed faster than
ground s peed
M
ove reel aft
3
.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
P
osition, page 73
Correct plugging/cutting
issues
Plastic fingers bent
close to tine tube.
Excessive plugging at
cutterbar with wads of crop
accumulating at cutterbar
while m ain taining reel
operation
Stop reel before plugging
becomes excessive
3.10 Unpluggin g
Cutterbar, page 175
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