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2016 Quick Reference Guide
S67/S68/S96 • S77/S78/S97 • S88/S98 Models
It is YOUR responsibility to read and understand the safety section in your
Operator's Manual and the manual for all attachments before operating your
machine. Remember YOU are the key to safety. Good safety practices not only
protect you, but also the people around you.
Study the features in your Operator's Manual and make them a working part
of your safety program. Keep in mind that the safety section in your Operator's
Manual is written only for this type of machine. Practice all other usual and
customary safe working precautions, and above all REMEMBER - SAFETY IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU CAN PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

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  • Page 1 2016 Quick Reference Guide S67/S68/S96 • S77/S78/S97 • S88/S98 Models It is YOUR responsibility to read and understand the safety section in your Operator’s Manual and the manual for all attachments before operating your machine. Remember YOU are the key to safety. Good safety practices not only protect you, but also the people around you.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Combine Setup Cereal Grain - Wheat, Oats, Barley Milo - Grain Sorghum Dry Corn (< 20% moisture) High Moisture Corn (> 24% moisture) Soybeans Canola/Rapeseed Millet Edible Beans Sunflowers Flax Grass Seed (Bluegrass, Bentgrass) Alfalfa Clover Troubleshooting Header Feed conveyor Processor Grain quality Grain loss...

  • Page 4: Combine Setup

    Combine Setup Cereal Grain - Wheat, Oats, Barley Initial Combine Setup 0.1” - 0.75” 0.375” Wheat 3 - 6 Fast Solid 0.2” (19 mm) (10 mm) 0.1” - 0.75” 0.375” Oats 3 - 6 Fast Solid 0.2” (19 mm) (10 mm) 400 - 0.1”...

  • Page 5: Milo - Grain Sorghum

    Milo - Grain Sorghum Initial Combine Setup 0.625” 0.313” 450-600 0.2” - 0.4” 3 - 6 Fast Solid (16 mm) (8 mm) • Set concave to stem thickness just below head for starting point. • Run in low range of rotor gearbox for greater torque if possible (S8 Series has greater range to provide ability to run on low side of gearbox).

  • Page 6: High Moisture Corn (> 24% Moisture)

    High Moisture Corn (> 24% moisture) Initial Combine Setup Remove 0.625” 250-300 0.6” - 0.8” 5 - 7 lower Slow Solid (16 mm) * sieve • * IMPORTANT: Set chaffer to achieve acceptable grain bin sample. Opening chaffer can be done anytime. However, due to the nature of the electronics, closing the chaffer should be done at the end of the field after cleanout by completely opening and then closing to the lower number that you desire and then adjusting up to the desired...

  • Page 7: Soybeans

    Soybeans Initial Combine Setup 0.75” 0.375” 0.2” - 0.4” 5 - 7 Fast Perf. (19 mm) (16 mm) Initial Header & Header Drive Setup • Release and adjust cutterbar on flex headers. Adjust header height control. • Variable speed header drive in slowest position. •...

  • Page 8: Canola/Rapeseed

    For pickup headers, speed up variable-speed header drive (if equipped) by 50%. • Feeder house optimization instructions for R Series, S7 and S8 Series are available at your Gleaner dealer to increase capacity in canola. Millet Initial Combine Setup 0.625”...

  • Page 9: Edible Beans

    Initial Header & Header Drive Setup • Variable speed header drive (if equipped) in slowest position for draper headers and direct cut headers. • Right-hand pivot drive belt positioned on large countershaft drive sheave. • Feed chains (front and rear) should be in high position and fast speed. •...

  • Page 10: Sunflowers

    Sunflowers Initial Combine Setup 0.625” 0.25” 0.4” 3 - 6 Fast Solid (16 mm) (6 mm) Initial Header & Header Drive Setup • Header must be equipped with sunflower attachment to minimize head and seed loss at the header. • Variable speed header drive in slowest position.

  • Page 11: Grass Seed (Bluegrass, Bentgrass)

    Grass Seed (Bluegrass, Bentgrass) Initial Combine Setup 0.75” 0.1” 0.0” - 0.1” 0 - 1 ** Fast* Solid (19 mm)* (2.5 mm) * - If baling straw is preferred, set chopper to low speed. ** - The Light Seed Kit #700959206 can be installed and used for grass seed harvest but should be removed for any other crop.

  • Page 12: Alfalfa

    Alfalfa Initial Combine Setup 0.25” - 0.925” 0.1” 400 - 600 0.0” - 0.3” 3 - 6 ** Fast* Solid (6 mm - (2.5 mm) 16 mm) * - If baling straw is preferred, order impeller if needed. ** - The Light Seed Kit #700959206 can be installed and used for alfalfa seed harvest but should be removed for any other crop.

  • Page 13: Clover

    Clover Initial Combine Setup 0.25” - 0.925” 0.1” 400 - 600 0.0” - 0.3” 2 - 6 ** Fast* Solid (6 mm - (2.5 mm) 16 mm) * - If baling straw is preferred, order impeller if needed. ** - The Light Seed Kit #700959206 can be installed and used for clover seed harvest but should be removed for any other crop.

  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Header Ragged and uneven cutting of crop Possible Cause Correction Cutting mechanism not operating at Check basic speed of combine and recommended speed. check header drives. Reel speed too slow for ground speed. Increase reel speed. Reel height too high. Lower reel.
  • Page 15 Header Shattering of grain ahead of cutter bar Possible Cause Correction Reel speed not coordinated with Change reel speed to coordinate with ground speed. ground speed. Ground speed too fast for condition of Decrease ground speed. crop. Reel height too low. Raise reel.
  • Page 16 Header Crop bunching on cutter bar Possible Cause Correction Reel too high. Lower reel. Reel too far forward. Set reel back. Reel speed too slow. Increase reel speed. Sticky header pan. Remove dirt, gum or rust. Conveyor too high. Lower header conveyor. Worn conveyor flighting.
  • Page 17 Header Reel wrapping in tangled and weedy crops Possible Cause Correction Place reel ahead and down. Make sure Incorrect location of pickup reel. reel tines clear the sickle with reel in lowest position. Reel speed too fast. Reduce speed of reel. Pickup reel tines pitched too much to Adjust tine pitch.
  • Page 18 Header Header conveyor plugging or material not moving from center of conveyor into front feed chain (Flex Header) Possible Cause Correction Straw retarder clearance from conveyor Adjust straw retarder. flight too great. Adjust reel height. Adjust reel speed Reel not adjusted to provide smooth and flow of material into header flow of material into header conveyor.

  • Page 19: Feed Conveyor

    Feed Conveyor Feeder chains plugging or wrapping Possible Cause Correction Refer to previous section on HEADER or CONVEYOR PLUGGING (PG. 15) Uneven feed from header. condition for header performance checks. Check feed chain drive sheave installation with grain header belts Improper feed chain speed.

  • Page 20: Processor

    Processor Slugging or overloading of cylinder Possible Cause Correction Adjust engine high idle to proper Engine not up to correct speed. speed. Check condition of belt and replace or clean if it becomes worn or oily. Check Cylinder drive belt slipping. and lubricate gearbox input torque sensor mechanism.
  • Page 21 Processor Cylinder vibration Possible Cause Correction Dirt and material stuck to inside of Clean material from inside of cylinder cylinder bars. bars. Place cylinder drive gearbox in neutral and operate cylinder drive through its variable speed range to determine if vibration is still present.

  • Page 22: Grain Quality

    Grain quality Excessive cracked grain in grain tank Possible Cause Correction Crop too damp or green. Wait for crop conditions to improve. Cylinder speed too fast for crop grain Decrease cylinder speed just enough to cracking but still do a good job. stop threshing.
  • Page 23 Grain quality Grain not threshed from heads or shelled from cob or pod Possible Cause Correction Decrease concave clearance and Concave clearance too great. adjust cylinder speed to prevent cracking. Increase cylinder speed enough to do good job of threshing. Do not increase Cylinder speed too slow.
  • Page 24 Grain quality Foreign material in clean grain Possible Cause Correction Adjust engine high idle to proper Engine not up to correct speed. speed. Separator drive belt, fan drive belt, or Inspect drives, replace any damaged cleaning shoe drive belt slipping. belts and adjust idlers as required.
  • Page 25 Grain quality Sieves plugging with straw and chaff Possible Cause Correction Insufficient air blast from cleaning fan. Increase fan choke setting. Consider increasing air, then decrease Sieve opening too wide. sieve opening in 0.06” (1.6 mm) increments. Decrease chaffer opening in 0.06” (1.6 Chaffer opening too wide.

  • Page 26: Grain Loss

    Grain loss Excessive tailings Possible Cause Correction Increase sieve opening in 0.06” (1.6 Insufficient sieve opening. mm) increments. Insufficient air blast from cleaning fan. Increase fan choke setting. Consider increasing air, then decrease Chaffer opening too wide. chaffer opening in 0.06” (1.6 mm) increments.
  • Page 27 Grain loss Grain loss over cleaning shoe (cont.) Possible Cause Correction Round end, shallow tooth 1.125” (28.6 mm) shoe spacing - used in all crops except corn. Round end, deep tooth 1.625” (41.3 mm) spacing - generally used in corn but has also been found to provide Incorrect chaffer for crop being desired cleaning in some crops such...

  • Page 28: Loss Calculation

    Loss Calculation “Quick check” for combine grain loss Spreading discharge Grain loss calculated per square foot across the entire field. To perform a quick estimate for total grain loss from the combine, count the number of seeds found in a square foot behind the combine. Determine the quantity of loss in at least three places throughout the field to arrive at an average.

  • Page 29: Rotor Loss

    Rotor loss Remove the straw spreader, the chaff spreader and raise the shoe tailboard so that shoe and rotor discharge remain separate. Count the grain in a one-foot run of the rotor discharge path, which is 24 inches wide to ensure that all grain is counted. •...

  • Page 30: Advanced" Grain Loss Calculation Procedure

    “Advanced” grain loss calculation procedure For the most accurate determination of grain lost through the combine harvester, grain must be “caught” directly from the rotor discharge separately from grain “caught” from the shoe discharge, and weighed. TABLE 3 - CALCULATED LOSS IN TOTAL WEIGHT OF GRAIN PER SWATH 15 ft.

  • Page 31: Standard Payable Moisture & Density Chart

    Standard Payable Moisture & Density Chart Alfalfa 12.0 Barley 14.0 Canola 10.0 Corn 15.5 Edible Beans 14.5 Flax Grass Seeds 12.0 Lentils 10.5 Millet 11.0 Mustard Navy Beans 14.5 Oats 14.0 Peas (Black-Eyed) 12.0 Peas (Field) 10.5 Popcorn (Yellow) 14.0 Popcorn (White) 14.0 Rape Seed...
  • Page 34 Attention: Photographs in this publication may show protective shields or guards open or removed for the purposes of illustration. Be certain all shields and guards are in place during operation. AGCO & Gleaner are registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation • © 2016 AGCO • GL15P027ST (01) 1.3 PD...

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