TROUBLE SHOOTING
Plugging
Symptom
Solution
What is the combine ground speed?
Are you running too slowly, below 2 mph?
Increase the combine ground speed up to 3 mph
Are you exactly on the row?
Align the two center paddles with the rows.
Debris building on the snout?
Raise the crop sweeper.
The paddles are slipping.
Install the three set screws provided per row.
Stalks are draping on the inside of the snout.
Lower the crop sweeper.
The crop is not coming far enough up the snout to
feed in.
Adjust the reel out and/or down.
Reel Doesn’t Lift or Work Properly
Symptom
Solution
Reel will not lift or is not working correctly?
Check for power to the switch box.
Check the switch box to see if it has more
than one switch that is in the on position.
The crop sweeper is designed to have a
single circuit active at a time.
Depending on make and model of the
combine, check to see that the reel is
activated with the operating system.
Depending on the make and model of the
combine, check to see that the hydraulic oil
supply is coming from the correct outlet.
Some combine models have a check valve
installed so the hydraulic oil supply comes
from the head and not the feeder house.
Reel Doesn’t Turn
Symptom
Solution
Reel doesn’t turn
Check oil flow to the hydraulic motor
Check the combine control system that the
reel is activated.
Check that the drive sprocket set screws are
across from each other and tightened.
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