5.8
Checking and Adjusting Skid Shoe Settings
Check skid shoes and adjust, if necessary.
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.
1.
Note 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.
Figure 5.25: Inner Skid Shoe
Figure 5.26: Outer Skid Shoe
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