MacDon 974 FlexDraper - Manual (Page 5)

Form # 147083 Issue 01/07 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAINTENANCE/SERVICE
Service Procedures..............................................................................................................................36
Recommended Lubricants ...................................................................................................................37
Sealed Bearing Installation ..................................................................................................................37
Greasing the Header.................................................................................................................... 38 - 41
Hydraulic System
Hydraulic System Safety ...................................................................................................................42
Hoses and Lines................................................................................................................................42
Hydraulic Schematic – Reel Lift ........................................................................................................42
Hydraulic Schematic – Reel & Conveyor Drives .........................................................................43, 44
Sickle and Sickle Drive
Sickle Lubrication ..............................................................................................................................45
Sickle Sections ..................................................................................................................................45
Sickle Removal..................................................................................................................................46
Sickle Head Needle Bearing Installation ...........................................................................................46
Sickle Installation...............................................................................................................................47
Spare Sickle Storage.........................................................................................................................48
Sickle Guards ....................................................................................................................................48
Sickle Hold-Downs ............................................................................................................................49
Wobble Box .......................................................................................................................................50
Sickle Drive Belt Tension ..................................................................................................................51
Drapers
Draper Tension Adjustment...............................................................................................................52
Replacing Drapers.............................................................................................................................52
Idler Roller Positioning ......................................................................................................................53
Draper Tracking Adjustment..............................................................................................................54
Idler Roller Maintenance ...................................................................................................................54
Drive Roller Maintenance ..................................................................................................................55
Deck Height.......................................................................................................................................55
Reel and Reel Drive
Reel Clearance to Cutterbar..............................................................................................................56
Reel "Frown" Adjustment ..................................................................................................................56
Reel Plastic Finger Installation & Removal .......................................................................................57
Centering the Reel ............................................................................................................................58
Reel Drive Chain ...............................................................................................................................58
Removal of Reel Drive Shaft .............................................................................................................58
Gauge Wheels.....................................................................................................................................59
Maintenance Schedule.........................................................................................................................60
Maintenance Record ............................................................................................................................61
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Crop Loss at Cutterbar...................................................................................................................62, 63
Cutting Action & Sickle Components ........................................................................................... 63 - 65
Reel Delivery..................................................................................................................................65, 66
Header .................................................................................................................................................66
Drapers & Decks ..................................................................................................................................67
Flex Header..........................................................................................................................................68
Cutting Edible Beans.................................................................................................................... 69 - 72