touchoftech
New User
I have an old New Holland 270 Hayliner. It's always sheared allot of flywheel pins but I just figured it was me not knowing what I was doing and not sharpening the knife in a while. I baled about 200 bales yesterday and only sheared a few pins, but today, I got about 20 bales in and I couldn't bale another bale without shearing a pin. The need guard seemed to be engaged and I would put a new pin in, pull the needles back to home, and try again and after a few chomps of hay it would break again. After further investigation, I noticed that the needles weren't even engaging when I manually tripped them. They just sit there and the plunger would keep on going. The chain does go around until the little metal bit that sticks out hits the catch. Not sure if that's normal because I never took notice to that part while it was running correctly.
After reading the manual in that area and hunting around the forums:
I found that there's a knotter drive shear pin that could be broken.
The knotter brake could be loose causing the needles to slip down out of home and causing the guard to engage just a little.
I will investigate these things tomorrow, but does anyone else have any suggestions?
Thank you
After reading the manual in that area and hunting around the forums:
I found that there's a knotter drive shear pin that could be broken.
The knotter brake could be loose causing the needles to slip down out of home and causing the guard to engage just a little.
I will investigate these things tomorrow, but does anyone else have any suggestions?
Thank you