MacDon D65 Operator's Manual page 256

Symptom
Knife plugging
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Reel too high or too far
forward
Ground speed too slow
Loose knife drive belt
Improper knife hold-down
adjustment
Dull or broken knife
sections
Bent or broken guards
Reel fingers not lifting crop
properly ahead of knife
Steel pick-up fingers
contacting knife
Float too heavy
Mud or dirt build-up on
cutterbar
Knife is not operating at
recommended speed
Solution
Lower reel or move reel
rearward
Increase ground speed
Adjust drive belt tension
Adjust hold-down
Replace knife section
Align or replace guards
Adjust reel position / finger
pitch
Increase reel clearance to
cutterbar, or adjust frown
Adjust springs for
lighter float
Raise cutterbar by lowering
skid shoes
Install cut-out sections
Flatten header angle
Check engine speed of
windrower
242
Section
• 3.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
3.7.5 Ground Speed, page
56
• Tensioning Non-Timed
Knife Drive Belts, page
150
Tensioning Timed Knife
•
Drive Belts, page 155
Checking Knife
Hold-Downs, page 136
5.5.1 Replacing Knife
Section, page 127
5.5.7 Knife Guards, page
131
• 3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
• 3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
• 5.8.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 186
• 5.8.2 Reel Frown, page
189
3.7.2 Header Float, page
55
Cutting On the Ground,
page 53
See your MacDon Dealer
Controlling Header Angle,
page 55
Refer to your windrower's
operator's manual
Revision A