A buddy and I bought one of these, it doesnt look too clapped out and we havent run it yet but we were told it would miss a knot every once and a while.
I plan on cleaning all the grease off, sharpening the knives, getting all the chaff out, and putting new sisal twine in it.
When looking at it it has a blown seal at the gearbox output shaft for the plunger. That looks terrible to replace. Can I put a flowing grease in there to make it last longer before having to top off? Any recommendations?
When I operated the knotter mechanisim by hand and rolled the flywheel over, one tied the right knot the other had the loose end slip out. Also I was able to pull the good knot out of the duckbill foot thing(I'm not sure what that is called) the other one would not come out, I had to use a screwdriver and lift of on the top presser foot thing that holds the knot on that duckbill to get it off. Should I of been able to pull it out? If so do you think the duckbill thing is worn to square and wont let it ride up to the ramp to slip off?
I hope this makes sense. I am trying to figure this out as we have never had a baler before. I do have the operators manual, but I get lost in some procedures due to not knowing the names of all the parts.
I plan on cleaning all the grease off, sharpening the knives, getting all the chaff out, and putting new sisal twine in it.
When looking at it it has a blown seal at the gearbox output shaft for the plunger. That looks terrible to replace. Can I put a flowing grease in there to make it last longer before having to top off? Any recommendations?
When I operated the knotter mechanisim by hand and rolled the flywheel over, one tied the right knot the other had the loose end slip out. Also I was able to pull the good knot out of the duckbill foot thing(I'm not sure what that is called) the other one would not come out, I had to use a screwdriver and lift of on the top presser foot thing that holds the knot on that duckbill to get it off. Should I of been able to pull it out? If so do you think the duckbill thing is worn to square and wont let it ride up to the ramp to slip off?
I hope this makes sense. I am trying to figure this out as we have never had a baler before. I do have the operators manual, but I get lost in some procedures due to not knowing the names of all the parts.