Push Bar Difficulties

Push bar misses bale.

Bale does not drop from chamber freely when gate is opened.

Reduce bale density until baler has made several bales to polish sidesheet. (See ADJUSTING BALE DENSITY in Operating the Baler section.)

See your John Deere dealer for bale chamber inspection.

Push bar cross tube installed backwards.

Install cross tube correctly.

Chain retainer or gate pin swings push bar back.

Use correct bolts in chain connector links.

Shim push bar frames to clear gate pins during gate swing cycle.

Push bar leaves home position early.

Make sure push bar arm pivots are not lubricated.

Operation in steep hills may require backing up and ejecting bale on cross-hill or level ground, or locking out push bar.

Replace weak springs.

Gate open to fast.

Gate opening time is to short. Set to five second minimum.

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Push bar has insufficient force to move bale.

Flow restrictor valve installed upside down in gate lock valve.

Install flow restrictor valve on fitting with pin closest to the bottom. (See your John Deere dealer.)

Operating in too steep of hills.

Lock out push bar and back up to eject bales. Eject bales cross-hill.

Discharging bale at low rpm.

Operate tractor at full rpm.

Hesitation during gate opening cycle.

Hold tractor selector control valve lever until push bar cycle in completed.

Twine unrolls off bale.

Loose ends of twine gets caught by crop stubble as push bar rolls the bale.

Allow bale to make two or three turns before raising the gate.

Slow gate lift time by using tractor selector-control valve, so bale does not roll very far.

Use mechanical twine guide to control end-wrap distance instead of monitor-controller adjustment. (See SETTING TWINE END WRAP DISTANCE in Operating the Baler section.)

Increase twine tension. (See ADJUSTING TWINE TENSION in Operating the Baler section.)

Disengage push bar. (See LOCKING OUT BALE PUSH BAR in Operating the Baler section.)

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