Cutterbar Disc Maintenance; Inspecting The Cutterbar Discs - MacDon R85 Operator's Manual

7.6 Cutterbar Disc Maintenance

Perform daily inspections to ensure that cutterbar discs have not suffered damage from rocks or experienced
excessive wear from abrasive working conditions.
Cutterbar discs are interchangeable and can be moved to a spindle that rotates in the opposite direction as long as
it is in usable condition and the blades are oriented to cut in the correct direction.
The cutterbar discs are NOT repairable and must be replaced if severely damaged or worn.
IMPORTANT:
If holes appear in a cutterbar disc, replace the disc immediately. Do NOT attempt to repair the cutterbar discs.
Always use factory replacement parts.

7.6.1 Inspecting the Cutterbar Discs

Perform the following cutterbar disc inspection daily:
DANGER
Stop engine and remove key from ignition before leaving operator's seat for any reason. A child or even a
pet could engage an idling machine.
1. Lower header to ground, shut off engine, and
remove key.
2. Open cutterbar doors. Refer to
page 28.
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5.5 Cutterbar Doors,
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Figure 7.29: Cutterbar Doors
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