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SYMPTOM
Excessive breakage of sickle
sections or guards.
Sickle back breakage.
Ragged and uneven cutting of crop.
Long stubble.
* - Also see your Windrower Tractor Operator's Manual.
Form # 46620
TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM
Cutterbar operating too low in
stony conditions.
Header float is set too heavy.
Bent or broken guard.
Header angle too steep.
Worn sickle head pin and/or
drive arm.
Worn sickle sections.
Worn guards.
Sickle hold-downs not adjusted
properly.
Bent or broken guard.
Sickle sections or guards are
worn or broken.
Sickle speed on low speed.
(922 & 933)
Header angle too flat.
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of sickle.
Reel speed too slow.
Sickle hold-downs not adjusted
properly.
Cutting edge of guards not close
enough or parallel to sickle
sections.
Underside of guard plugged with
soil.
Loose sickle drive belt.
Reel tines too high off cutterbar.
Ground speed too fast.
Cutterbar too high.
Ground speed too fast.
Reel speed too slow.
Reel tines not lifting crop
properly.
Guard angle too flat
Header flotation too light.
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SOLUTION
Raise cutterbar, using skid shoes or
gauge rollers.
Adjust float spring for lighter float.
Straighten or replace.
Flatten header angle.
Replace.
Replace sections, or install new
knife.
Replace guards.
Adjust hold-downs so sickle works
freely, but still keep sections from
lifting off guards.
Straighten or replace.
Check and replace all worn and
broken cutting parts.
Install pulley for high-speed sickle.
(922 & 933)
Increase header angle to tilt header
so tines are closer to ground.
Increase finger pitch
aggressiveness.
Increase reel speed.
Adjust hold-downs so sickle works
freely, but still keep sections from
lifting off guards.
Align guards.
Clean underside of guard, flatten
header angle.
Adjust sickle drive belt tension.
Adjust reel position for closer tine
clearance to cutterbar.
Decrease ground speed.
Raise end skid shoes or gauge
rollers.
Decrease ground speed
Increase reel speed.
Increase header angle to tilt header
so tines are closer to ground.
Increase guard angle
Decrease header float
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