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Checking and Adjusting Skid Shoe Settings
To check and adjust skid shoes, follow these steps:
DANGER
To avoid bodily injury or death from unexpected start-up or fall of raised machine, always stop engine, remove key, and
engage safety props before going under machine for any reason.
1.
Raise the header fully.
2.
Engage the header safety props.
3.
Shut down the engine, and remove the key from the ignition.
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C
B
Figure 8.29: Inner Skid Shoe
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B
C
Figure 8.30: Outer Skid Shoe
4.
Check the adjustment hole positions on lugs (A) on each
skid shoe. They should be the same.
5.
If necessary, adjust skid shoe as follows:
a.
Remove lynch pin (B).
b.
Hold shoe and remove pin (C) by disengaging frame
and then pulling away from shoe.
c.
Raise or lower skid shoe to desired position using holes
in support as a guide.
d.
Reinsert pin (C), engage in frame, and secure with
lynch pin (B).
e.
Check that all skid shoes are adjusted to the same
position.
6.
Disengage the header safety props.
7.
Lower the header fully.
8.
Shut down the engine, and remove the key from
the ignition.