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TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
PROBLEM
CAUSE
REMEDY
Uneven stubble
Too much tilt on cutterbar
Reduce tilt (see page 29)
Low PTO speed
Increase engine speed to run PTO at
1000 rpm for FC 280 P or
540 rpm for FC 240 P
Knives not installed
Make sure that the arrow on the knife
correctly
upper face is pointing in the direction
of rotation of the disc (see page 40)
Low disc speed
Check belt for correct tension
(see page 39)
Dull or broken knives
Replace knives (see page 40)
Stubble too long
Incorrect angle on cutterbar
Change cutterbar angle using
tractor top link (see page 29)
Insufficient cutterbar
Adjust compensating spring tension
down pressure
(see page 30)
Soil build up in front of
Very wet conditions
Adjust main frame height by
cutterbar
shortening chain as necessary
(see pages 27 - 28)
Too much cutterbar
Adjust compensating spring tension
down pressure
(see page 30)
Cutterbar not floating
Main frame setting incorrect
Adjust main frame as described
on pages 27 and 28
Machine breaking back
Insufficient tension on
Tighten breakaway spring
too easily
breakaway spring washers
washers (see page 31)
Obstruction of conditioning
Insufficient PTO speed
Increase PTO speed to
rotor
1000 rpm for the FC 280 P or to
540 rpm for the FC 240 P
Shear bolt broke
Replace shear bolt (see page 35)
Badly shaped windrows
Insufficient PTO speed
Run PTO speed at
1000 rpm for the FC 280 P or at
540 rpm for the FC 240 P
Incorrectly adjusted swath
Adjust both swath screens
screens
(see page 30)
Forward speed too high
Reduce forward speed
