lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
So many little things...
Some chaff had gummed up under the hay dogs. I realized this by ear. They weren't clicking with every plunger stroke. And one of the springs was almost worn through on the end, where you can't see.
Also...worm gear on the new twine discs had a hairline crack. Maybe I tightened it onto the taper too hard. I noticed this, because my new twine discs were floating in and out of time.
Big one though... The roller on the twine finger activation bar was frozen. And the bar needed a little shimming to the right side. The effect uf this was that the twine finger cam was sometimes hitting the bar, not the wheel, and when it did hit the wheel...no rolling. So it was worn. While I helped unload wagons, my daughter's boyfriend stacked about ten beads of weld on the cam and ground it to a profile to match the cam on our spare baler (not functioning yet...)
Other parts I had new or scavenged from the spare baler or the knotters in the garage.
Went to the field and reliably made tight bales with good knots.
Finally!
Some chaff had gummed up under the hay dogs. I realized this by ear. They weren't clicking with every plunger stroke. And one of the springs was almost worn through on the end, where you can't see.
Also...worm gear on the new twine discs had a hairline crack. Maybe I tightened it onto the taper too hard. I noticed this, because my new twine discs were floating in and out of time.
Big one though... The roller on the twine finger activation bar was frozen. And the bar needed a little shimming to the right side. The effect uf this was that the twine finger cam was sometimes hitting the bar, not the wheel, and when it did hit the wheel...no rolling. So it was worn. While I helped unload wagons, my daughter's boyfriend stacked about ten beads of weld on the cam and ground it to a profile to match the cam on our spare baler (not functioning yet...)
Other parts I had new or scavenged from the spare baler or the knotters in the garage.
Went to the field and reliably made tight bales with good knots.
Finally!
