MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual page 589

Problem
Symptom: Knife plugging
Reel too high or too far forward
Ground speed to slow
Loose knife drive belt
Improper knife hold-down
adjustment
Dull or broken knife section
Bent or broken guards
Reel fingers not lifting crop properly
ahead of knife
Steel pick-up fingers contacting
knife
Float too heavy
Mud or dirt build-up on cutterbar
Mud or dirt build-up on cutterbar
Mud or dirt build-up on cutterbar
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Solution
Lower reel or move reel rearward
Increase ground speed
Adjust drive belt tension
Adjust hold-down
Replace knife section
Align or replace guards
Adjust reel position/ finger pitch
Increase reel clearance to cutterbar
or adjust "frown"
Adjust springs for lighter float
Raise cutterbar by lowering skid
shoes
Install cut-out sections
Flatten header angle
565
Refer to
•
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 95
•
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position,
page 99
3.7.7 Ground Speed, page 90
Checking and Tensioning Knife
Drive Belts, page 464
•
Adjusting Hold-Downs with
Pointed Guards, page 448
•
Adjusting Hold-Downs with
Stub Guards, page 451
5.8.1 Replacing Knife Section, page
437
5.8.7 Knife Guards, page 441
•
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position,
page 99
•
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 111
•
5.15.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 502
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5.15.2 Reel Frown, page 506
3.7.3 Header Float, page 64
3.7.2 Cutting on the Ground, page
62
Installing Knifehead Shield, page
453
3.7.5 Header Angle, page 81
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