MacDon FFT FlexDraper FD75 - Page 441

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Check reversi
ng
mechanism ins
ide auger
Refer to the co
mbine
operator’s ma
nual
Auger set too high
Lower auger
5.7.1 Adjusting Auger to
Pan Clearance, page 285
John Deere: Feeder
chain running too slow
Run feeder ch
ain at high
speed
John Deere: Equipped
with feeder chain with 4
pitches per bar
Replace with 6 pitch
per bar feeder chain, or
remove every other bar
Adapter auger
back-feeds
Case: Stone retarding
drum installed, or smooth
feeder chain bars installed
Install standard drum or
fill slots in stone retarding
drum, o r install serrated
feed chain bars
Refer to the combine
operator’s manual
Header angle too flat Steepen header angle
3.7.3 Hea
der Angle, page
66
Increase side draper
speed
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
69
Install
upper cross auger
(UCA)
See your MacDon Dealer
Material overload on
drapers
Add flighting extensions
4.1.1 Using Flighting
Extensions, page 197
Material accumulation at
auger ends
Install stripper bars
4.1.2
Using Stripper Bars,
page 1
97
CASE: Stone retarder
blocks interfering with
crop flow
Adjust blocks to minimum
height
Refer to the combine
operator’s manual
Side drapers running too
fast, piling material in
center of feeder draper
Reduce header side
draper speed
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
69
Hesitation in flow of
bulky crop
Feeder house chain drum
too low
Move drum to corn
position
Re
fer to the combine
op
erator’s manual
C
rop susceptible to
w
rapping (flax)
A
dd flighting extensions or
s
tripper bars
• 4.1.2 Using Stripper
Bars, page 197
• 4.1.1 U sing Flighting
Extensions, page 197
Adapter auger wraps
crop
Auger speed too fast Install slow down kit See your MacDon Dealer
Combine feeder drum
wraps crop
Crop susc eptible to
wrapping (flax)
Add stripper bars
4.1.2 Using Stripper Bars,
page 197
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