Adjusting Outer Skid Shoes - MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual

9. Adjust the header angle to the desired working position using the machine's header angle controls. If the
header angle is not critical, set it to the mid-position.
10. Check the header float. Refer to

Adjusting Outer Skid Shoes

DANGER
To avoid bodily injury or death from unexpected start-up or fall of raised machine, always stop engine,
remove key, and engage safety props before going under header for any reason.
1. Raise the header to its full height, engage the safety props.
2. Shut off the engine, and remove the key from the ignition.
3. Raise the stabilizer wheels or slow speed transport wheels fully (if installed). Refer to the following:
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Adjusting Stabilizer Wheels, page 60
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Adjusting Stabilizer / Slow Speed Transport Wheels, page 59
4. Remove the lynch pin (A) from each skid shoe (B).
5. Hold the shoe (B) and remove the pin (C) by
disengaging from the frame and pulling away from
the shoe.
6. Raise or lower the skid shoe (B) to achieve the desired
position using the holes in the support (D) as a guide.
7. Reinstall pin (C), engage in frame, and secure with
lynch pin (A).
8. Check that all of the skid shoes are adjusted to the
same position.
9. Check the header float. Refer to
page 64.
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OPERATION
3.7.3 Header Float, page
3.7.3 Header Float,
63
64.
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B
Figure 3.33: Outer Skid Shoe
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Revision A