MacDon 2000B Pick-Up Reel - Manual (Page 17)

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TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION REF.
CROP LOSS AT CUTTERBAR
Does not pick-up down crop. Cutterbar too high.
Lower cutterbar. *
Header angle too flat. Steepen header angle. *
Reel too high. Lower reel. *
Reel too far back. Move reel forward. *
Ground speed too fast
for reel speed.
Reduce ground speed or
increase reel speed. *
*
Reel fingers not lifting
crop sufficiently.
Move cam arms to pos'n. Y
to increase finger pitch
aggressiveness. 14
Install lifter guards. **
Heads shattering or
breaking off. Reel speed too fast. Reduce reel speed. *
Reel too low. Raise reel. *
Ground speed too fast. Reduce ground speed. *
Crop too ripe. Operate at night when
humidity is higher. ---
Cut grain falling ahead of
cutterbar. Ground speed too slow. Increase ground speed. *
Reel speed too slow Increase reel speed. *
Reel too high. Lower reel. *
Cutterbar too high. Lower cutterbar. *
Reel too far forward. Move reel back on support
arms. *
Worn or broken sickle
components.
Replace. *
Strips of uncut material. Crowding uncut crop. Allow enough room for crop
to be fed to cutterbar. ---
Broken sickle sections. Replace. *
* See your Header or Power Unit Operator's Manual.
** See your dealer.