Replacing Wear Shield On Knife Bolt

1. NOTE: End disks with converging drums are equipped with crop accelerators. All other disks have wear shields. See REPLACING CROP ACCELERATOR in this section.

   
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   A - Hole

   B - Wear Shield

   Rotate disk so knife bolt is over hole (A). Remove knife. (See REMOVING KNIVES in this section.)

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2. Remove wear shield (B).

3. Check disk, knife, special bolt, and special lock nut before installing new wear shield. Replace as necessary. (See CHECKING KNIFE WEAR in this section.)

4. NOTE: Wear shield life can be extended by moving shield to a location of opposite rotation. (See INSTALLING AND SYNCHRONIZING DISKS in this section for illustration of disk rotation.)

   Install new wear shield.

5. Install knife. (See INSTALLING KNIVES in this section.)