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PROBLEM
CAUSE
REMEDY
TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
Uneven stubble
Too much tilt on cutterbar
Reduce tilt (see page 23)
Low PTO speed
Increase engine speed to run
PTO at 540 rpm
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 29)
Low disc speed
Check belts for correct tension
(see page 30)
Dull or broken knives
Replace knives
Stubble too long
Incorrect angle on cutterbar
Change cutterbar angle using
tractor top link (see page 23)
Insufficient cutterbar
Adjust compensating spring tension
down pressure
(see page 31)
Soil built up in front of
Very wet conditions
Adjust main frame height by
cutterbar
shortening chain as necessary
(see pages 22 / 23)
Sticky ground
Fit a set of raised skids (see page 36)
Too much cutterbar
Adjust compensating spring tension
down pressure
(see page 31)
Cutterbar not floating
Main frame setting incorrect
Adjust main frame as described
on pages 22 and 23
Machine breaking back
Insufficient tension on
Tighten breakaway spring
too easily
breakaway spring washers
washers (see page 24)
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