M2 Feeder Beater Removal

Don't know what happened. Hadn't got done w/first round in the field yesterday shelling corn and floating feeder beater went to jumping up & down. Looked, and every finger is bent at about a 45 deg. angle. Sun was in my eyes - could barely see to stay on the corn rows, but I don't think I ran anything through the machine. Didn't see anything behind it anyway. Pulled head off and went back to shop. Got left side loose easy - got the stub shaft out, but can't seem to get the right side of beater loose. Did notice when I got the left side out that the half-moon key that goes in the flange disappeared. How is the easiest way to remove a floating feeder beater from this machine?
 
Can't help with the removal, but the slip clutch should have prevented any damage. Check it before using the combine again. Ben
 
I'm not sure on an m, but on the older machines you had to set the fingers to retract quicker when doing corn. Think I found my settings for it in the cornhead manual for the g. On the flange that attaches the beater to the feeder house there should be three different holes to make that adjustment.
 
I remember seeing that in the manual, but I ran corn with it the last 3 years w/no adjustment to the beater fingers. I have new fingers now. Going to try to put it back together and salvage what I have instead of replacing feeder beater. Haven't found a floating one anyway.
 
What are you calling "right side"? anything under the ladder/platform side of a Gleaner is "usually" left/hand thread; but there are a "few"exceptions
 
The right side of the feeder beater. I got the left side out - easy. Right side, not so much, and I mean "right" and "left" when you're sitting in the seat. Anyway, when looking at again Tue. morning, I decided I didn't need to replace the feeder beater after all. It has some damage around 6 of the holes where the fingers are, but I can repair that. I put it all back together yesterday and screwed in new fingers. All I have to do today after work is patch around the damaged holes and put the finger guides in and I should be ready. It looks like what happened is that on the left side (left meaning side near the ladder) the key that goes in stub shaft and flange, which controls when the fingers extend & retract, sheared off. It was missing when I took it apart, and that let the feeder drum shift, threw the retraction/extension timing off, and the fingers came out too soon and hit the steel curtain above the feeder beater, bending them. I put in a new key and spot welded the shaft to the flange. It all turns freely now. Hoping this fixes it.
 
There is a stub shaft, or "gudgeon" that bolts onto the drum, 3 bolts on 78 and older, and 6 bolts on 79 and newer. it helps to have the bearing lock collar and slip clutch removed so the beater drum can slide to the left so you can get the bolts out easier. IIRC it will take a 5/8 open end wrench, or a flat box end.
 

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