Adjusting Center Auger Finger Timing

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

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

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

IMPORTANT: Before making any adjustments, raise platform until full weight of platform and reel is supported by the combine feeder house.

Feeding between the platform and feeder house can sometimes be improved by advancing the auger finger timing.

IMPORTANT: To avoid damaging floor or fingers, maintain a minimum 16 mm (5/8 in.) clearance between center auger fingers and floor.

1. Loosen four flange nuts (A) on the right-hand end of auger.

NOTE: Nominal timing is when maximum finger extension occurs in the fully forward and horizontal (3 o'clock as viewed from the right-hand end) position.

2. Rotate timing casting (B) clockwise to advance or counter clockwise to retard timing. Hex shaft (C) extends out from the timing casting to allow the use of a wrench to assist in rotating the casting.

3. Tighten nuts (A) to specification.

Specification

A-Flange Nuts (4 used)
B-Timing Casting
C-Hex Shaft

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IMPORTANT: To avoid damaging floor or fingers, maintain minimum clearance specification between finger and floor, keep nuts (A) tight, and rotate auger by hand to check finger clearances.

4. Adjust auger height if necessary.

Specification

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