F2 spline shaft driving header

pea_grower · May 13, 2011

Still trying to decide how to set up a F2 Gleaner I just purchased.

Know of any F2's, using a Bish adapter and using a spline shaft to drive a header? Here is an image of a M3 with a shaft on the right hand side to drive a JD head. Can it be done on a F2? I want to drive a JD 454A head and thought the shaft drive might be better than the chain drive?

Did a google search and found a F2 feeder beater gudgeon, part # A-71302370

Bob Bancroft · May 14, 2011

Does the adaptor/JD head use one drive or two? I think you could weld a tractor pto spline adaptor to the double sprocket on the right side. The left side would be the challenge if you have variable header speed.

paul · May 15, 2011

For an F2 cornhead, there is a double-sprocket on both sides, so whatever you do one one side should work on the other - shaft comes out both sides of the throat?

Bob Bancroft · May 15, 2011

If I remember correctly the variable speed mechanism is outboard of the sprockets on the left side.

pea_grower · May 16, 2011

Row head drives from the right side. This F2 is a wheat machine, so the header drove from the left side. And I guess there is no way to set up variable speed on the row crop head.

On the corn head that drives from the right side also, does the drive come off the shaft that is located under the throat or off of the feeder beater shaft?

Bob Bancroft · May 17, 2011

My F2 had variable speed header drive. I think it was an option. It was NOT to be used with the grain head. The grain head ran with a chain off the left side of the "countershaft"(under throat). The corn head ran with chains off both sides of the "countershaft".

F2 spline shaft driving header

pea_grower

Member

Bob Bancroft

Well-known Member

paul

Well-known Member

Bob Bancroft

Well-known Member

pea_grower

Member

Bob Bancroft

Well-known Member

Similar threads