Handsome Devil
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Finally got my 489 to cut and not self destruct. Had a belt pulley with bad bearing that was shaking the thing to death. With new guards and good sickle it cuts nice. The remaining problem is the reel won't spin then PTO is shut off like my older NH did. I am thinking there is some sort of slip clutch and see the belt pulley that has maybe 5-6 bolts holding it together for lack of better description. My shop manual is pretty sparse and mentions nothing about this I assume I loosen up the real and take this apart and find stuck/rusty parts? I redid a HN 275 baler where the "slip Clutch" {not proper name I am sure} was a pinned arrangement and I just had to clean it up to make it work again. Am I on the right track here? I never used this since buying it and assume the reel is supposed to be free wheeling when PTO is shut down. Do not know how to find link that might show this assembly? Anybody got some help with my lousy description? Thanks, John.