NH S-69 Baler question

Thanks,
Dave

I have seen the knotter brakes be stuck and do the same thing.

I have seen the plunger out of adjustment and do that, and if you have the wooden plunger slides they may be swelled up or have rust built up in the chamber angle iron runners.

Are you sure it's locking up?? When a perfect 69 gets to the end of the slack they are hard to turn. That's how you learn to cuss like a Hesston man.

Just as you put enough pressure on the flywheel to turn it by hand and engage the knotter drive it will turn suddenly and mash the p*ss out of your fingers before you realize it has happened

I have a NH 269 and it will turn very freely when there is no hay in the chamber.

Since you brought it up tho if the 69 Hayliner or Super Hayliner is out of time the needle safety will most definetly stop the plunger before it can hit the feeder tines unless you have it disabled. It cannot hit the needles with the plunger but it will hit the feeder tines.

I've got both wire and string tie 69 Hayliners. They don't turn easy by hand when the knotters engage and never did. Not even when they were new.

I never had a 269 but I would imagine they are only different in body designs and maybe chamber size.

If you ever run a 69 model watch and listen. The tractor will gain rpm on the plungers back stroke and lose rpm on the pack stroke no matter if there is grass in the chamber or not.

The sole purpose of the flywheel on that particular baler is to keep the momentum the same all the way through the bale process.