Mower conditioner
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Troubleshooting guide
KN284BGB A
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Troubleshooting guide
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Problem
Cause
Remedy
Uneven stubble.
Dull or broken knives.
Replace knives.
Knives not installed correctly.
Make sure the arrow on the
knife upper face is pointing in
the disc's direction of rotation.
Excessive ground speed.
Reduce ground speed.
Incorrect cutting height.
Adjust the cutting height.
Incorrect mowing unit
floatation.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Tangled and down crops.
Reduce cutting height.
Increase the mowing unit
ground pressure.
Soil build up in front of the
cutterbar.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Very wet working conditions.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Adjust the cutting height.
Obstruction of conditioning
rotor.
Insufficient rotor speed
(rotational frequency).
Adjust the finger conditioning
rotor speed.
Too low PTO speed (rotational
frequency).
Check PTO speed. Refer to the
decal fitted on the machine.
Swath shields too closed.
Open swath shields.
Badly shaped windrows.
Too low PTO speed (rotational
frequency).
Check PTO speed. Refer to the
decal fitted on the machine.
Rotor speed too high.
Select the turtle position to obtain
a rotor speed of 780 min
-1
.
Incorrectly adjusted swath
shields.
Adjust both swath shields.
Machine requires too much pull
power.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.