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Checking and Adjusting Skid Shoe Settings
To check and adjust skid shoes, follow these steps:
WARNING
To avoid bodily injury or death from unexpected start-up or fall of raised machine, always stop engine, remove key, and
engage safety props before going under machine for any reason.
DANGER
Engage header safety props and reel props before working under header or reel.
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C
B
Figure 5.25: Inner Skid Shoe
1.
Check the adjustment hole positions on the lugs (A) on
each skid shoe. They should be the same.
2.
If necessary, adjust skid shoe as follows:
a.
Remove lynch pin (B).
b.
Hold shoe and remove pin (C) by disengaging frame and
then pulling away from shoe.
c.
Raise or lower skid shoe to desired position using holes in
support as a guide.
d.
Reinsert pin (C), engage in frame, and secure with lynch
pin (B).
e.
Check that all skid shoes are adjusted to the same position.
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B
C
Figure 5.26: Outer Skid Shoe