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18 - Troubleshooting
18.1 - Reel
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Reel Wrapping in Tangled
and Weedy Conditions
Incorrect reel location.
Adjust reel forward and down.
Reel speed too fast.
Slow reel until crop flows smoothly
onto belts.
Reel fingers not able to eject
material properly.
Adjust reel timing to next more
aggressive setting (lower number)
Reel Carrying Around Crops
or Excessive Shattering of
Grain Heads
Reel speed too fast.
Slow reel speed. Reel should turn
slightly faster than ground speed.
Reel height too low.
Raise reel height to reduce amount
of straw gathered by reel.
Pickup fingers pitched too much.
Reduce finger pitch by adjusting
reel timing to next less aggressive
setting (higher number)
Pickup fingers too tightly spaced
Replace 2.5” spaced reel fingers
with 5” spaced reel fingers (remove
every 2nd finger).
Uneven Reel Height and
Fore/Aft
Reel cylinders out of phase.
Rephase cylinders (see section
must be running to fully rephrase
reel lift cylinders
Reel stops not set to same height
Adjust reel stops.
Cutterbar Plugging or Slug
Feeding
Reel speed too slow.
Increase reel speed.
Reel too far forward
Retract reel
Reel fingers too far from cutter bar
Lower Reel
18.2 - Drapers
Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution
Draper Jams or Stops
Moving
Material is lodged in the draper
mechanism
Stop the combine, wait for all parts
to come to a stop and reverse the
mechanical systems (see section
Material is jammed in the draper
cleanout or rock trap.
Clean out the rock trap and the
draper cleanout. (See page 116)
Drapers are slipping
Draper tension too loose.
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