I bought one of these balers on the weekend. I am also having problems with the knotters. I don't have an operators manual yet (I found one on ebay that should arrive early next week) but would like to get it working this weekend.
Basically I am having two problems:
1) When the knots are tied a lot of twine is getting twisted up under the knotters where it is very difficult to remove. I'm not sure I even have the twine (natural) threaded properly through the needles, although when I manually cycle it it seems to at least get started correctly. I've seen some talk about sharpening the twine cutters but have no idea where to start.
2) Bales are short. There is an L shaped arm (that trips the knotters) driven by a cogged wheel that measures the length of the bale. Where the cogged wheel drives the L shaped arm there are small teeth, but the L shaped arm is smooth and falls with vibrations of the baler. Should there be ridges or teeth on the edge of this arm? Can I use a file to put some back in the edge?
Does anyone have a manual that they could scan a few pages out of and email to me. I really need to get this hay in.
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