MacDon CA25 OM - Manual (Page 195)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon Dealer
** Refer to your Combine Operator’s Manual
*** Refer to your Technical Service Manual
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9.5 CUTTING EDIBLE BEANS
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Excessive Losses At
Dividers.
Divider rod running down crop
and shattering pods.
Remove divider rod.
7.9.11
Vines and plants build up on
endsheet.
Install divider rod.
Reel Ends Wrap Up With
Crop. Uncut crop interfering on reel
ends.
Add reel endshields. 7.2.3
Reel Wraps Up With Crop. Reel too low. Raise reel. 7.9.8
Plants Being Stripped, and
Complete Or Partial Plants
Left Behind.
Header being carried off
ground.
Lower header to ground and
run on skid shoes and/or
cutterbar.
7.9.1.2
Float set too light - rides on
high spots and does not get
back down soon enough.
Set float for:
Dry ground: 100–150 lbf
Wet ground: 50–100 lbf 7.9.2
Reel being operated too high. Fully retract reel cylinders. 7.9.8
Reel too high with cylinders
fully retracted.
Adjust reel height. 8.12.1
Finger pitch not aggressive
enough.
Adjust finger pitch. 7.9.10
Reel too far back on reel
support arms.
Move reel forward until the
fingertips skim the soil surface
with header on ground and
center-link properly adjusted.
7.9.9
Header angle too shallow.
Lengthen center-link.
If cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift cylinders.
7.9.3
Reel too slow.
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than ground
speed.
7.9.4
Ground speed too fast. Lower ground speed. 7.9.5
Header skid shoes adjusted
too low. Raise skid shoes to maximum
up position.
7.9.1.2
Dirt packs on bottom of
cutterbar and raises cutterbar
off the ground. Install plastic wear strips on
bottom of cutterbar and skid
shoes.
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Worn/damaged knife sections.
Replace sections or complete
knife.
8.9.1,
8.9.2 &
8.9.4