Nephew broke both needles. Apparently flywheel shear bolt broke mid tie (needles up), and the flywheel was reversed a bit, and attempted restart with needles part way up. Not what I would have done, but that's the info I got.
Brazed/welded both needles, not perfect, maxed out on adjust bolts, and still a bit of rub on knotter assembly (may have to grind tip a bit?).
Have manual but I'm no baler expert. Checked timing, appears ok, main driver (12:00) and knotter clutch marks line up, Hand rolled, and needle timing looks ok, including the plunger/needle stop (in fact I flipped stop plate around for fresh side (was wearing from # of hits).
Earlier in week had issue with knotter stop, it slipped down and caused missed stopping the cycle and multiple mini bales (took a bit to troubleshoot after many shear bolts and a few knotter shear bolts broken). Also cleaned (excess grease) and tightened knotter/needle brake to spec. I got 100 bales no issue following (and prior to this latest needle issue).
Am I missing anything? Don't want to break again.
Brazed/welded both needles, not perfect, maxed out on adjust bolts, and still a bit of rub on knotter assembly (may have to grind tip a bit?).
Have manual but I'm no baler expert. Checked timing, appears ok, main driver (12:00) and knotter clutch marks line up, Hand rolled, and needle timing looks ok, including the plunger/needle stop (in fact I flipped stop plate around for fresh side (was wearing from # of hits).
Earlier in week had issue with knotter stop, it slipped down and caused missed stopping the cycle and multiple mini bales (took a bit to troubleshoot after many shear bolts and a few knotter shear bolts broken). Also cleaned (excess grease) and tightened knotter/needle brake to spec. I got 100 bales no issue following (and prior to this latest needle issue).
Am I missing anything? Don't want to break again.