[AT] JD 214 WS timing problems

[Lew Best]

Thanks Carl

There are slots in the plunger head on this one that clear the needles even
on full compression.  Not sure the reason for the safety stop since that's
the case but I'm sure there's a reason for it.  Anyway, there's one part of
the timing instructions that's just a tiny bit vague & I've studied out the
parts drawing (after I gave up again when dark caught me); I think I've been
lining everything up by turning the flywheel the wrong direction; if so that
would throw everything off so maybe tomorrow......... 

Lew
 

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Subject: Re: [AT] JD 214 WS timing problems

I know it has been a very long time since I was around a baler, but on a New

Holland baler it seems like the plunger was at the maximum distance away 
from the needles when the knotter tripped, not at the closest point or near 
to it.  The safety bars stopped the plunger from entering the needle area 
while tying was taking place in case timing was off.  This would be enough 
to pop the flywheel shear bolt and stop the plunger from smashing into the 
needles. Just my recollection from circa 1967 and it could be wrong, 
distorted or just a teenager's view.  The knotter ties a loose string and 
the tension mechanism forms the bale by stretching it and thereby tightening

the string.  It does not require a fully compacted bale during knotting - in

fact I'm not sure the needles could penetrate a fully compacted bale 
reliably.
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST

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