MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual page 598

Reel speed too high
Bean pods too dry
Reel finger pitch not aggressive enough
Symptom: Cutterbar guards breaking
Float insufficient (float setting too heavy)
Excessive number of rocks in field
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing too much debris and dirt
Header too heavy
Header angle too steep
Header angle too steep
Guards plug with debris or and soil
Insufficient support for header
Symptom: Crop wrapping around reel ends
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem Solution
Reduce reel speed
Cut at night when heavy
dew is present and pods
have softened
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position)
Increase float (adjust to
lighter float setting)
Consider installing
optional stub guards
Tip: Install a few guards
on one section of the
cutterbar and compare the
performance of the two
different guard styles
Readjust float to make
header lighter
Decrease header angle
with center-link
Shorten the center-link
Install stub guard kit
Install center skid shoes
on header
Add reel endshields
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Refer to
3.7.6 Reel Speed, page
89
—
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 111
3.7.3 Header Float, page
64
•
5.8.7 Knife Guards,
page 441
•
6.3.5 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 550
•
3.7.3 Header Float,
page 64
•
Checking and
Adjusting Header Float,
page 64
3.7.5 Header Angle, page
81
3.7.5 Header Angle, page
81
6.3.5 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 550
3.7.2 Cutting on the
Ground, page 62
Refer to the header parts
catalog
Revision A