Nasty repair NH276...advice super sweep pickup

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The pickup in my old NH276 (last built in 1976---42 years ago) was intermittenly stopping and slipping and finally it stopped and locked up.

Removed the pickup guard and found that the cam follower bearings were completely bad. Several were locked up, and one the entire bearing roller was completely gone. Interestingly, the pickup was not making much noise, not squealing, but I am old and half-deaf so maybe I just did not hear it. So I put in 6 new cam follower bearings (improperly, did not use the slot for tightening) and baled another 500 bales before it locked up again. Took the guard off again, bearings were OK but crawled under, used a mirror and a phone camera to find a very badly broken spot in the cam track that the bad bearings had caused.

Now the hard part, removing that cam is a nasty job, and one for a much younger man. Crawling around under that pickup is no fun. The new cam is only $131 + shipping from Messick's, but changing it is very difficult. Old hands and arthritis don't add to the enjoyment.

Here is my suggestion: If you have one of these balers once a year or so, take the guard off (about 5 minutes) and check the cam roller bearings before they go bad wipe out the cam itself. The standard pickup uses the same bearing so the same problem could occur.
 
I had a 282 that did the same as yours. After inspection of the pickup,then the rest of the baler I determined the rest of the baler wasn't far behind. so made an 'executive' decision. Decided it just wasn't worth fixing.Priceing the bearings was more than another baler would cost.Dismantled it for parts.Hauled the carcase to the scrapper.Bought a 283 to replace,used the 282 parts to keep it(and a couple of others) running.
 
the whole pickup unit can be removed for those type repair jobs with a few bolts and a chain,, I have pulled them in less than 15 min before
 
I wish I had known that. I asked for info about pulling out the entire pickup on this forum sometime back and got no replies. How do you get the drive axle out from under the bale chamber and do you have to remove the sprocket? Roughly how much does the total pickup assembly weigh? For future reference. Even out of the machine, getting to the bolts to replace the cam would not be fun or easy due to limited access. Thanks.
 
I have never pulled a 276 model pickup,, I assume they are about the same as the 78, 320 and 1282 balers I have pulled them from and the drive came with them on those models as a whole unit ,, weight I would guess 200-350 lbs I can slide them out by hand then lift them with a loaders,, easier if you have two people or sure but I have only had help doing one once lol
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