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8 Troubleshooting
8.1 Crop Loss at Cutterbar
Symptom Problem Solution Refer to
Cutterbar too high Lower cutterbar
3.7.1 Cutting Height, page
44
Header angle too low Increase header angle
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
50
Reel too high Lower reel
3.7.8 Reel Height, page 53
Reel too far back Move reel forward
3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 54
Ground speed too fast for
reel speed Reduce ground speed or
increase reel speed
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3.7.4 Reel Speed, page
50
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3.7.5 Ground Speed,
page 51
Increase fi nger pitch
aggressiveness
3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 55
Does not pick up
down crop
Reel fi ngers not lifting crop
suf fi ciently
Install lifter guards See your MacDon Dealer
Reel speed too fast
Reduce reel speed
3.7.4 Reel Speed, page 50
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.8 Reel Height, page 53
Ground speed too fast Reduce ground speed
3.7.5 Ground Speed, page
51
Heads shattering or
breaking off
Crop too ripe
Operate at night when
humidity is higher
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Material
accumulating in
gap between cut-out
in endsheet and
knifehead
Crop heads leaning away
from knifehead hole in
endsheet Add knifehead shields
(except in damp or sticky
soils)
5.5.8 Knifehead Shield,
page 127
Crowding uncut crop
Allow enough room for crop
to be fed to cutterbar
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Strips of uncut
material
Broken knife sections Replace broken sections
5.5.1 Replacing Knife
Section, page 116
Excessive bouncing
at normal field speed
Float set too light Adjust header fl oat
3.7.2 Header Float, page
49
Divider rod running
down standing crop
Divider rods too long Remove divider rod
3.7.11 Crop Dividers, page
57
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