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Problem Solution Refer to
Cutting tough crops with standard
torque (19-tooth) reel drive sprocket
Replace with high torque (10-tooth or
14-tooth) reel drive sprocket
6.14.3 Replacing Reel Drive Sprocket,
page 492
Symptom: Plastic fingers cut at tip
Insufficient reel to cutterbar clearance Increase clearance
6.13.1 Reel Clearance to Cutterbar,
page 464
Symptom: Plastic fingers bent rearward at tip
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed slower than ground speed
Raise header
3.7.1 Cutting Height, page 54
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed slower than ground speed
Decrease header tilt
3.7.4 Header Angle, page 78
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed slower than ground speed
Move reel aft
3.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 90
Symptom: Plastic fingers bent forward at tip (opposite of above)
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed faster than ground speed
Raise header
3.7.1 Cutting Height, page 54
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed faster than ground speed
Decrease header tilt
3.7.4 Header Angle, page 78
Reel digging into ground with reel
speed faster than ground speed
Move reel aft
3.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 90
Symptom: Plastic fingers bent close to tine tube
Excessive plugging at cutterbar with
wads of crop accumulating at
cutterbar while maintaining reel
operation
Correct plugging/cutting issues
3.9 Unplugging the Cutterbar, page
109
Excessive plugging at cutterbar with
wads of crop accumulating at
cutterbar while maintaining reel
operation
Stop reel before plugging becomes
excessive
3.9 Unplugging the Cutterbar, page
109
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