MacDon FD75 OM - Manual (Page 414)

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom Problem Solution Section
Crowding uncut crop
Allow enough room for crop
to be fed to cutterbar
—
Strips of uncut
material
Broken knife sections Replace broken sections
6.8.1 Replacing Knife
Section, page 300
Excessive bouncing
at normal field speed
Float set too light Adjust header float
4.7.3 Header Float, page
137
Divider rod running
down standing crop
Divider rods too long Remove divider rod
4.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 163
Bushy or tangled
crop flows over
divider rod, builds
up on endsheets
Divider rods providing
insufficient separation
Install long divider rods
4.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 163
Reel not frowning or not
centered in header Adjust reel frown or reel
horizontal position
4.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 152
and
6.12.2 Reel Frown, page
350
Knife hold-downs not
adjusted properly
Adjust hold-downs so knife
works freely, but still keep
sections from lifting off
guards
Knife Hold-Downs, page
309
Knife sections or guards
are worn or broken Replace all worn and
broken cutting parts 6.8 Knife and Knife Drive,
page 300
Header is not level Level header
4.8 Leveling the Header,
page 165
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of knife Adjust reel position/finger
pitch
4.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 152
and
4.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 156
Crop not being cut at
ends
Divider runs down thick
crop at ends, preventing
proper feeding due to
material bridging the cutter
guards
Replace 3 or 4 end guards
with stub guards
See your MacDon Dealer,
6.8.7 Knife Guards, page
304
, Knife Hold-Downs,
page 309 , and 8.1.16 Stub
Guard Conversion Kit,
page 420
Crop Getting Stuffed
In Gap Between
Cut-out in Endsheet
and Knifehead
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet
Add knifehead shield(s),
except in damp/sticky soils 8.1.7 Knifehead Shield,
page 417
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