I have an Allis Chalmers All Crop and it has been having a lot of trouble. It has broken down 4 times in about 2 separator hours. It is a not a junker, but at first it was little things like the upper sieve bolts shearing, the lock screws for both sieves coming loose, and one of the wooden bearing block on the straw rack breaking up. Last time I was trying to thresh some oats and the cylinder sucked the rubber strip out of the threshing bar and made a mess.
Are these fussy machines to keep running ? Am I just having a run of bad luck ? Some of the failures seem like they could be vibration related. Is there a typical failure in the separator that causes excessive vibration ? It does not seem to shudder or make any odd noises when it is running good, but too much stuff is breaking down to be 'normal'.
Any ideas what to look for ?
Thanks
Greg
Are these fussy machines to keep running ? Am I just having a run of bad luck ? Some of the failures seem like they could be vibration related. Is there a typical failure in the separator that causes excessive vibration ? It does not seem to shudder or make any odd noises when it is running good, but too much stuff is breaking down to be 'normal'.
Any ideas what to look for ?
Thanks
Greg