MacDon D65 Operator's Manual page 254

Symptom
Strips of uncut
material
Excessive bouncing
at normal field speed
Divider rod running
down standing crop
Bushy or tangled
crop flows over
divider rod, builds
up on endsheets
Crop not being cut
at ends
Material
accumulating in
gap between cut-out
in endsheet and
knifehead
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Problem
Crowding uncut crop
Broken knife sections
Float set too light
Divider rods too long
Divider rods providing
insufficient separation
Reel not frowning or not
centered in header
Knife hold-downs not
adjusted properly
Knife sections or guards
are worn or broken
Header is not level
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of knife
Divider runs down thick
crop at ends, preventing
proper feeding due to
material bridging the cutter
guards
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet
Solution
Allow enough room for crop
to be fed to cutterbar
Replace broken sections
Adjust header float
Remove divider rod
Install long divider rods
Adjust reel frown or reel
horizontal position
Adjust hold-downs so knife
works freely, but still keep
sections from lifting off
guards
Replace all worn and
broken cutting parts
Level header
Adjust reel position/finger
pitch
Replace three or four end
guards with stub guards
Add knifehead shield(s),
except in damp/sticky soils
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Section
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5.5.1 Replacing Knife
Section, page 127
3.7.2 Header Float, page
55
3.7.12 Crop Divider Rods,
page 72
3.7.12 Crop Divider Rods,
page 72
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
• 5.8.2 Reel Frown, page
189
Checking Knife
Hold-Downs, page 136
5.5 Knife, page 127
3.12 Levelling the Header,
page 83
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
• 3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
• See your MacDon Dealer
• 5.5.7 Knife Guards, page
131
• 6.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 231
6.2.2 Knifehead Shield,
page 230
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