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F-1058-0820
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Small Seed Meter
Assembly/Adjustment
1.
If the small seed meter shaft assembly is
disassembled for maintenance or repair, the seed
meters and seed rate adjustment will need to be
reset or zeroed to set the meters equally across the
seed box.Adjust the outer locking nut approximately
flush with the end of the square shaft. Lock the inner
nut to hold the shaft in place.
a.
Remove the chain guard, disconnect the drive
chain at the seed shaft.
b.
Adjust the outer locking nut approximately flush
with the end of the square shaft. Lock the inner
nut to hold the shaft in place
c.
For each seed meter, slide the meter feed roll
and cut-off to the right to fully close each meter.
Slide the locking collar on the left side of each
meter against the meter cut-off and tighten the
lock collar.
d.
For each seed meter, slide the right locking set
collar next to the meter feed roll
(leaving.010”-.020”) of clearance and tighten the
set collar. Make sure the flutes on the meter feed
roll are lined-up and inserted in the meter
housing.
e.
Rotate the square seed shaft by hand to verify
the shaft is not binding and rotates freely.
f.
Loosen the inner locking nut against the hex
seed shaft. Adjust the seed shaft in and out to
make sure all meter feed rolls are properly
aligned and not binding. Do not force the
adjustment or damage will occur to the meter
assembly.
g.
Set the seed rate adjustment to the desired rate
and tighten the locking nuts.
h.
Reconnect the drive chain and install chain
guard.
Figure 4-36: Small Seed Rate Adjustment
SQUARE SHAFT
SQUARE SHAFT
OUTSIDE
LOCKING NUT
LOCKING SET
COLLAR
METER FEED
ROLL
SEED HOUSING
METER
INNER NUT
OUTSIDE
LOCKING NUT
SEED METER
RATE SCALE
SEE
DETAIL A
DETAIL A
SEED METER
RATE SCALE
