Adjusting Auger Position

causym CAUTION: Avoid serious injury. Raise platform and reel completely, set safety stops.

causym CAUTION: Avoid serious injury. Shut off engine and remove key.

causym CAUTION: Avoid serious injury from cutterbar movement when auger is turned. Remove knife drive belt (see Remove Knife Drive Belt From Drive Sheave).

1. Raise platform and reel completely.

2. Set safety stops.

3. Set parking brake, turn OFF engine and remove key.

4. Open left-hand end shield and remove knife drive belt (see Remove and Install knife Drive section in platforms Operator's Manual).

5. Loosen chain tension (see Adjust Auger Chain section for procedures).

NOTE: Retracted position for rear and floor strippers; round headed bolts are in front of slots and slot are open to rear (back sheet) of platform.

6. Ensure adjustable rear and floor strippers are in the retracted positions.

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NOTE: See Adjusting Auger Height and Adjusting Auger Fore/Aft sections for procedures.

If step 7 causes the auger to interfere with floor stripper before clearance position is reached, adjust auger forward until interference is eliminated.

Rotate Auger frequently during adjusting procedures.

Adjust auger equally. Do not adjust one side completely to recommended clearance. Adjust auger ends equally to recommended clearance.

7. Using the height and fore/aft adjustment procedures to position the auger flighting (A) 11 mm (7/16 in.) clearance to floor (B) and 11 mm (7/16 in.) to rear stripper (C).

NOTE: Center auger finger clearance from floor to finger, 16 mm (5/8 in.), see Adjusting Center Auger Finger Timing section for procedures.

8. Set center auger finger timing.

9. Adjust strippers (see Adjusting Rear Stripper and Adjusting Floor Stripper sections for procedures).

10. Adjust auger drive chain tension (see Adjust Auger Chain section for procedures).

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A-Flighting
B-Floor (closest spot)
C-Rear Stripper
D-Floor Stripper (reference only)

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