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Pickup teeth do not revolve.
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Pickup drive chain broken.
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Replace chain.
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Pickup shear bolt sheared.
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Replace shear bolt. See "Service" section.
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Broken cam.
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Replace cam.
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Pickup does not float or drop freely.
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Excess or insufficient float assist.
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Adjust float springs. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Binding at pivots.
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Remove chaff and dirt. Make clearance between sliding parts.
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Not picking up hay cleanly.
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Pickup teeth set too high.
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Lower pickup. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Pickup stays up.
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Loosen float springs. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Ground speed too high.
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Reduce ground speed.
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Windrows too light.
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Rake heavier windrows. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Pickup teeth bent or broken.
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Straighten or replace teeth.
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Pickup teeth digging in ground.
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Pickup set too low.
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Raise pickup. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Poor pickup floatation.
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Tighten float springs and/or check pivots. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Problem |
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Pickup tooth breakage.
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Pickup set too low.
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Raise pickup. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Foreign material inside and/or broken teeth.
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Remove material and/or replace teeth.
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Baling cornstalks.
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Raise pickup. Higher tooth breakage can be expected. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Pickup too high.
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Wheel spindles
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in high position.
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Lower wheel spindles. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Plugging at flares.
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Over-crowding ends.
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Reduce crowding.
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Pickup set too low.
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Raise pickup. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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Tractor tires crushing crop into stubble.
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Increase wheel tread. See "Preparing the Tractor" section.
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Inside of strippers worn.
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Strippers bent up hitting tooth coils.
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Check for binding at flares.
Increase float. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
Raise pickup. See "Operating the Baler - General Purposes" section.
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