TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Clean debris f
rom poly
pan
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Check feed draper tension
5.12.4 Adjusting Header
Draper Tracking, page
337
Replace roller bearing(s)
Replacing Adapter Feed
Draper Drive Roller
Bearing, page 327
Feed draper s
talling
Check feed draper motor
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Check auger clearance
5.7.1 Adjusting Auger to
Pan Clearance, p age 285
Heavy crop plugging
between adapter auger
and feed draper
Refer to “Adapter auger
back-feeds” earlier in this
table
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Excessi
ve clearance from
auger to
drive roller
Lower auger
5.7.1 Adjusting Auger to
Pan Clearance, p age 285
Crop backs up or
hesitates on feed draper
Auger speed too slow Install auger speed-up kit
See your MacDon Dealer
Side drapers back-feed
Side drapers running too
slow in heavy crop
Increase side draper
speed
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
69
Side d
rapers running too
fast i
n light crop
Reduce side draper speed
3.7.6
Draper Speed, page
69
Crop is thrown across
opening and under
opposite side draper
Excessive overlap of
feeder draper
Center side draper drive
rollers over feed draper
side deflectors
See your MacDon Dealer
Add flighting extensions
4.1
.1 Using Fligh tin g
Ext
ensions, page 197
Add stripper bars
4.1.2 Using Stripper Bars,
page 197
Re
move auger outer tines
Re
moving Feed Auger
Ti
nes, page 293
Crop feeding into feeder
house at sides more
than at center
Auger not delivering crop
properly
Install auger speed-up kit
See your MacDon Dealer
A
dd auger outer tines
R
emoving Feed Auger
T
ines, page 293
Remove flighting
extension s
4.1.1 Using Flighting
Extensions, page 197
Crop feeding into feeder
house at center more
than at sides
Auger not delivering crop
properly
Remove auger stripper
bars
4.1.2 Using Stripper Bars,
page 197
Crop getting stuffed in
gap between cut-out in
endsheet and knifehead
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet
Add shields, except in
damp/stic k y soils
5.8.8 Knifehead Shield,
page 310
Material acc umulate s
inside or under front
edge of draper
Deck height improperly
adjusted
Adjust deck height
5.12.5 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 339
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