Form 46240
18
Issue 06/06
TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM
PROBLEM
SOLUTION
REF.
CUTTING ACTION & SICKLE COMPONENTS
Ragged or uneven cutting of
crop. (continued)
Cutting edge of guards
not close enough or
parallel to sickle
sections.
Align
guards.
*
Tangled or tough to cut
crop.
Install stub guards.
*
Reel too far back.
Move reel forward.
*
Loose sickle drive belt.
Adjust drive belt tension.
*
Sickle plugging.
Reel too high or too far
forward.
Lower reel or move reel
rearward.
*
*
Ground speed too slow.
Increase ground speed.
*
Loose sickle drive belt.
Adjust drive belt tension.
*
Improper sickle hold-
down adjustment.
Adjust hold-down so sickle
is held against guard cutting
surface.
*
Dull or broken sickle
sections.
Replace.
*
Bent or broken guards.
Align or replace.
*
Reel fingers not lifting
crop properly ahead of
sickle.
Increase finger pitch
aggressiveness.
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Steel pick-up fingers
contacting sickle.
Increase reel clearance to
cutterbar.
*
Header float too heavy.
Adjust float springs for
lighter float.
*
Mud or dirt build-up on
cutterbar.
Raise cutterbar by lowering
skid shoes.
*
Flatten header angle.
*
Sickle is not operating at
recommended speed.
Check engine speed of
windrower.
*
* See your Header or Power Unit Operator's Manual.
