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Faults
Causes
Remedies
Torque limiter on driveshaft
triggered.
- too much forage at once
- large foreign body
- blunt knives
- Declutch and start off again at low
revs.
- If necessary remove foreign body
and sharpen knives.
- When pressing channel is blocked
release cam type closure on the
cutter bar, switch on press (cutter
bar swings out automatically),
swing cutter bar back in.
A transmission runs hot.
- no lubrication
- Top up or replace oil
Scraper floor chain runs noisily (ticking
over).
- Chain too loose or too taut
- Check chain tension
Noise from transmission chain.
- Chain loose
- Check chain tension regularly (5 to
8 mm play), tighten if necessary.
Forage jams.
- Travel speed too high
- trailer hitched up too low
- Set drawbar to correct height.
Poor cutting quality.
- blunt knives
- p.t.o. speed too high
- Sharpen knives in time or replace
them.
- Drive at lower revs, so that larger
wads of forage are picked up.
Jockey wheels do not reach ground. - Pick-up set wrong
- Adjust jockey wheels
- Check height setting at hitch
Forage is picked up soiled.
- Jockey wheels set too low
- Check jockey wheel setting.
Hydraulic mechanism move jerkily.
- Air in lines or cylinders
- Loosen bleed screws (A) and bleed
lines
Poor braking.
- Brake linings worn
- Adjust or replace linings
Troubleshooting
Any machine is liable to develop faults now and again. The
list below is intended to make curing them easier. Never
delay in finding a remedy.
Safety points!
• Turn engine off
when adjustment,
service and repair
work is to be
done.
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TD2/95/7
TroubleshooTing
