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SYMPTOM
CUTTING ACTION & SICKLE COMPONENTS
Ragged or uneven cutting of
crop. (continued)
Sickle plugging.
* See your Header or Power Unit Operator's Manual.
Form 46240
TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM
Cutting edge of guards
not close enough or
parallel to sickle
sections.
Tangled or tough to cut
crop.
Reel too far back.
Loose sickle drive belt.
Reel too high or too far
forward.
Ground speed too slow.
Loose sickle drive belt.
Improper sickle hold-
down adjustment.
Dull or broken sickle
sections.
Bent or broken guards.
Reel fingers not lifting
crop properly ahead of
sickle.
Steel pick-up fingers
contacting sickle.
Header float too heavy.
Mud or dirt build-up on
cutterbar.
Sickle is not operating at
recommended speed.
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SOLUTION
Align guards.
Install stub guards.
Move reel forward.
Adjust drive belt tension.
Lower reel or move reel
rearward.
Increase ground speed.
Adjust drive belt tension.
Adjust hold-down so sickle
is held against guard cutting
surface.
Replace.
Align or replace.
Increase finger pitch
aggressiveness.
Increase reel clearance to
cutterbar.
Adjust float springs for
lighter float.
Raise cutterbar by lowering
skid shoes.
Flatten header angle.
Check engine speed of
windrower.
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