214683 573 Revision A
Problem
Solution Refer to
Plastic wear strip for cutterbar has been installed over
top of steel wearplates
Remove steel cutterbar
wearplates when installing
the plastic wear strips for
cutterbar
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Header not level Level header
3.9 Leveling the Header,
page 286
Worn or damaged knife sections
Replace sections or
replace knife
5.8 Knife, page 437
Parts of vines get caught in pointed guard tip. (Occurs
more in row-cropped beans that are hilled from
cultivating.)
Install stub guard
conversion kit
6.3.5 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 550
Symptom: Excessive losses at dividers
Divider rod running down crop and shattering pods Remove divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Dividers,
page 115
Vines and plants build up on endsheet Install divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Dividers,
page 115
Symptom: Plant vines pinched between top of draper and cutterbar
Cutterbar fills with debris when draper to cutterbar gap
is properly adjusted
Raise header fully at each
end of field (or as
required) and shift decks
back and forth to help
clean out cutterbar
—
Shifting the decks with header raised does not clean
out cutterbar debris.
Manually remove debris
from cutterbar cavity to
prevent damaging
the drapers
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Symptom: Crop accumulating at guards and not moving rearward onto drapers
Reel finger pitch not aggressive enough
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position)
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 111
Reel too high Lower reel
3.7.10 Reel Height, page
95
Minimum reel clearance to cutterbar setting too high
Adjust minimum reel
height with cylinders fully
retracted
5.15.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 502
Reel too far forward
Reposition reel
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 99
Symptom: Crop wrapping around reel
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.10 Reel Height, page
95
Symptom: Reel shattering pods
Reel too far forward
Reposition reel
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 99
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