Been a long time since I worked a sickle mower, but from what you have said, there are some things I would address. If you tilted the bar back some, that is probably a good idea. Can't tilt it too far, but if it isn't cleaning well, that can help. But what I would look for is space under the knife blades between them and the guard plates. If the cut material I hanging up more in one area of the sickle more than another, start your search in that area. The brackets that hold the sickle blade down against the guards get worn. You can often hit them with a hammer and bend them down to tighten them, but that only works for a limited time before the ends of them will be worn off enough you will have to replace them. To tighten them, you may have to pull the sickle blade out and then adjust the hold downs one at a time as you reinsert the blade. If you get one too tight, you won't get the blade back under it. Use grease! ! ! Makes a big difference.
Check the material that is hanging. Is it actually cut or has some of it been pulled? If your ground speed is too fast you can be pulling material and have clearing problems. If it is being dragged in under the hold-down brackets, it would again make me suspicious that the brackets are not holding the blade down tightly enough. What about broken sections on the cutter blade? One broken section can cause a lot of problems. I presume you have spares and know how to replace them.
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