Discharge Beater—Unplugging

1. Use Discharge Beater unplugging tool if available. See your John Deere dealer for further information.

   Disengage header and separator.

   Note concave setting and adjust concave to wide open position.

2. Shut OFF engine, set park brake and remove key.

3. Raise straw chopper.

4. Remove covers to access discharge beater area and remove crop material from beater area.

5. Remove shields over the discharge beater drive pulley, so the pulley can be rotated by hand.

6. After clearing plug, rotate beater one revolution to be sure that it is free.

7. Shift separator drive gear case to neutral position.

8. Remove belt tension from feed accelerator drive by pushing lever up and out from the notch in the bracket.

9. Sound horn, start engine, and set engine speed at mid idle.

10. Engage separator to clean out material from discharge beater and chopper.

11. Disengage separator.

12. Shut OFF engine, set park brake and remove key.

13. Shift separator drive gear case to original speed.

14. Engage feed accelerator drive by pushing lever up and into the notch in the bracket.

15. Install all shields previously removed.

16. Lower straw chopper to operating position.

17. Sound horn, start engine, and set engine speed at mid idle.

18. Engage separator.

19. Set concave spacing back to initial setting and resume operation.