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Kell 10-23-2012 10:17:57 192.46.108.229 Report to Moderator	Hi Bob, to be honest, I'm a little surprised myself that I can move the variable forward in 2nd as much as I have and still not hear the clean grain clutch slipping, but it hasn't yet. I have been waiting for it as I move that lever forward! What problem did you solve with the filler bars? Was it over-threshing or incomplete shelling? Funny you should mention the rubber concaves! I was just thinking about that this morning. As mentioned previously, I have a set of angle concave bars, which I think may be what is considered "half rounds". I was going to try replacing the channel concaves with those as a next step and see what happens. [Reply]   [No Email]
JDseller 10-24-2012 22:46:05 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: F2 over-threshing the corn a bit in reply to Kell, 10-23-2012 10:17:57   The filler plates make the corn only go through the cylinder once. They can not come back around by falling into the center of the cylinder. I would try to get set of filler plates. Most guys around here left them in all of the time. It may cut back on your capacity in wheat/oats but usually you are not at full capacity in those crops anyway. You can try the half rounds in the door. The half channels may help but they still have sharp edges and may still damage the corn. Also do you have the cornhead book for your machine??? Reason I am asking is that some of this is covered in it not the combine book. Gleaner was kind of unusual in that the header books also contained much of the information needed on the combine for using the header. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob Bancroft 10-23-2012 10:25:45 97.73.64.143 Report to Moderator	Re: F2 over-threshing the corn a bit in reply to Kell, 10-23-2012 10:17:57   I can't remember, but I think it was both. Seems like to get complete shelling without too much grinding, I put the filler bars back in, Just like JDSeller says. I only took them out because you're supposed to when you speed up the cyl. for small grain. Although I had a neighbor with an early F who just left his filler bars in year around. Half rounds are literally just that- half round. Threaded to take a 3/8" capscrew. I think you're talking about half- channels? Just a standard concave with one edge cut off. [Reply]  [No Email]
Kell 10-23-2012 10:33:00 192.46.108.229 Report to Moderator	Re: F2 over-threshing the corn a bit in reply to Bob Bancroft, 10-23-2012 10:25:45   Yes, the other concave bars I have are half channels. [Reply]  [No Email]