Reel Delivery - MacDon D65 Operator's Manual

7.3 Reel Delivery

Symptom
Reel not releasing
material in normal
standing crop
Reel not releasing
material in lodged and
standing crop (reel fully
lowered)
Wrapping on reel end
Reel releases crop too
quickly
Reel will not lift
Reel will not turn
Reel motion uneven
under no load
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Problem
Reel speed too fast
Reel too low
Reel tines too aggressive
Reel too far back
Reel tines too aggressive
for standing crop
Reel tines too aggressive
Reel too low
Reel speed too fast
Crop conditions
Reel not centered in
header
Reel tines not aggressive
enough
Reel too far forward
Reel lift couplers are
incompatible or defective
Control set at 0
Quick couplers not
properly connected
Reel drive chain
disconnected
Excessive slack in reel
drive chain
Solution
Reduce reel speed.
Raise reel.
Reduce cam setting.
Move reel forward.
Reduce cam setting
(1 or 2).
Reduce cam setting.
Raise reel.
Reduce reel speed.
Install optional endshields. See your MacDon Dealer
Center reel in header.
Increase cam setting.
Move reel back.
Change quick coupler.
Activate reel speed
control.
Connect couplers.
Connect chain.
Tighten chain.
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Section
4.7.4 Reel Speed, page
56
4.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
4.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
4.7.4 Reel Speed, page
56
6.8.3 Centering the Reel,
page 204
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
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4.7.4 Reel Speed, page
56
5.1 Attaching Header to
Windrower, page 107
6.9.5 Replacing Drive
Chain on Single Reel,
page 238
6.9.6 Adjusting Reel Drive
Chain Tension, page 240
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