TROUBLESHOOTING RAKING PROBLEMS Symptom
Problem
Solution
Field not cleaned well.
Rake wheels too high.
Adjust rake wheels lower to ground.
Hay is bunching.
Tips of tines collecting dirt.
Remove paint and dirt from tips of tines.
Incorrect ground speed.
Increase or decrease ground speed.
Steel burrs on tines or hoops.
Remove burrs.
Ground wheels and wheel supports Adjust wheels and wheel supports obstruct flow of hay. toward center of rake. Minimum width for wheel spacing is 1.52 m (5 ft.) Rake wheel hoops breaking.
Tines breaking.
Rake wheel does not turn.
Poor windrow preparation.
Rake wheels on one side do not turn.
Excessive ground speed.
Reduce ground speed.
Excessive ground pressure.
Reduce ground pressure.
Excessive ground speed.
Reduce ground speed
Excessive ground pressure.
Reduce ground pressure.
Inadequate lubrication.
Lubricate wheel. (See Lubrication and Maintenance section.)
Failed bearing.
Replace bearing.
Rake wheels too high.
Lower rake wheels.
Broken or missing tines.
Replace tines.
Excessive ground speed.
Reduce ground speed.
Slow ground speed.
Increase ground speed.
Excessive ground pressure.
Reduce ground pressure.
Rake wheels too high.
Lower rake wheels.
Broken or missing tines.
Replace tines. (See Replacing Wheel Tines in Service section.)
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