John Deere Air Reel Owner’s Manual
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ASSEMBLY
4.2.3 ALL OTHER HEADERS
Clearance of 42” is required between the outside edge of
the RH tire and the RH inside edge of the header in order
to mount the standard fan/gearbox.
A fan/gearbox neck extension kit can be purchased for
headers smaller than 20’ on combines with dual tires
(Section 4.27.3). A support bearing is provided on 25’-30’
headers.
Disassembly of existing header components:
Remove the quick lock pins and the RH side end
shield.
Loosen the chain tightener (A) and remove the chain
(B) from the sprockets (Figure 9)
Remove flange lock nut (C) and sprocket (D). Do not
discard sprocket; it is reused (Figure 9).
Remove the bolts (E) securing the bracket (F) to the
angle support. Remove the bracket and discard (Fig-
ure 10).
Remove the bolts (G) securing the bearing support to
the angle support. Remove the drive shaft and bearing
support (925 & 930 only - retain bearing support and
hardware) (Figure 10).
Remove clutch from shaft. The clutch will be reused.
One support bearing is needed on 25’ and 30’ head-
ers. Remove the 1-1/8” hex or 1-1/4” round bearing
and flangettes from the bearing mount plate. The
bearing mount plate will be reused for the RH drive
installation.
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Figure 10, Header preparation
Figure 9, Header preparation
4.2 HEADER PREPARATiON
