Reel Tines; Changing Number Of Reel Bats - MacDon 5000 Operator's Manual

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MtIlNTENANCE/SERVICE
REEL AND REEL DRIVE (continued)
Reeillnes
Keep
reel l ines in good
condition.
Straighten
Of
replace as
required.
Chancfna
Number
Of
Reel Bats
The header is
factory equipped with a five
bat
reel
.
This provides optimum reel performance
under
most
conditions.
The reel
may also be
modified to
eithe:r
four
or six
bat,
as
follows:
1.
Locate the
reel
arm
(A)
which
spans
two
holes
in
reel
disc that
are
6
15/
16 Inches
(176
mm)
apart with
no
other
holes
In
betwE!§!l.
Leave this
bat
assembly in
place.
2.
Remove
all
other
bat
assemblies.
3.
Reposition desired number
of
bat
assemblies
so
they
are equally spaced around
reet
dises.
See
chart:
Number
of
bats
4
5
6
Bal
Spacing
(X)
615/
16
In.
(176
mm)
41/4
in.
(10:S
mm)
23/
8
In.
(60 mm)
IMPORTANT:
Finger
placement
is
not
identical on
all
bat
assemblies.
Alternate the assemblies to
stagger
the fingers
on consecutiVe belts
as at
(8).
NOTE: On
fIVe bat
reel, two
consecu1live
bats
wUl
have
identical
finger placement
4.
When Installing a
new bat
assembly:
It may
be
necessary to loosen bat
hardware
(C)
to properly align reel
arms
with reel
discs.
TIghten reel
ann bolls
(0) first,
then tighten bat
hardware (C)
.
Rotate reel
by
hand to
check
for
proper
operation of
cam
arm al right
encl.
x
~"
8
"
,
REEL BAT
PLACEMENT
STAGGER FINGERS
ON
CONSECUTIVE
BATS
o
LOOSEN HARDWARE TO
AUGN
NEW
BATS
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