Table of Content:
1 Introduction
1.1 Foreword
2 Identification View
2.1 Identification View
3 Safety Features
3.1 Safety Features Rigid and Flexible 600
4 Safety
4.1 Recognize Safety Information
4.2 Understand Signal Words
4.3 Follow Safety Instructions
4.4 Replace Safety Signs
4.5 Operator Ability
4.6 Ballasting for Safe Ground Contact
4.7 Parking and Leaving the Machine
4.8 Prepare for Emergencies
4.9 Wear Protective Clothing
4.10 Stay Clear of Harvesting Units
4.11 Keep Hands Away From Knives
4.12 Use Safety Lights and Devices
4.13 Transporting Combine with Header Safely
4.14 Comply with Road Traffic Regulations
4.15 Practice Safe Maintenance
4.16 Remove Paint Before Welding or Heating
4.17 Avoid Heating Near Pressurized Fluid Lines
4.18 Avoid Entanglement
4.19 Avoid Contact With Moving Parts
4.20 Stay Clear of Cutterbar When Rotating Auger
4.21 Stay Clear of Rotating Drivelines
4.22 Guards and Shields
4.23 Avoid High-Pressure Fluids
4.24 Service Accumulator Systems Safely
4.25 Service Machines Safely
4.26 Service Belts Safely
4.27 Decommissioning ? Proper Recycling and Disposal of Fluids and Components
4.28 Support Machine Properly
4.29 Store Attachments Safely
5 Safety Sign
5.1 Pictorial Safety Signs
5.2 Replace Safety Signs
5.3 Recognize Safety Information
5.4 Operator’s Manual
5.5 Hydraulic Pressure
5.6 Telescopic Driveshaft
5.7 Reel Safety Stops
5.8 Reel Drive
5.9 Cutterbar Movement
5.10 Header Entanglement
6 Attaching and Detaching
6.1 Checking Auger Stripper Location
6.2 Identification of Type
6.3 Coupling Header to Combine?A-Type
6.4 Coupling Header to Combine?B-Type
6.5 Coupling Header to Combine?C-Type
6.6 Removing Header from Feeder House?A-Type
6.7 Removing Header from Feeder House?B-Type
6.8 Removing Header from Feeder House?C-Type
6.9 Unlocking Feeder House Manually? A-Type
6.10 Unlocking Feeder House Manually? B-Type
6.11 Unlocking Feeder House Manually? C-Type
6.12 Latching Cable Shear Screw Location
7 Haulage
7.1 Transport
8 Operating the Header
8.1 Choice of Harvesting Time
8.2 Cutting Platform Operation
8.3 Operating Flex Headers ? HYDRAFLEX? System Pressure
8.4 Checking Platform Speeds
8.5 Reel Operation
8.6 Cutting Platform Controls
8.7 Combining Oats, Sorghum, Wheat and Sunflowers in Dry Ground Conditions
8.8 Combining Oats, Sorghum and Wheat in Damp or Wet Ground Conditions
8.9 Combining Oats, Sorghum, Barley and Wheat in Short, Thin Crops?Rigid Platforms
8.10 Combining Rice?Rigid Platforms
8.11 Combining Soybeans?Flex Platforms
9 Accessories and Optional Equipment
9.1 Auger Flight Extensions (Attachment)?Flex Platforms
9.2 Auger Speeds (Attachment)
9.3 Heavy Duty Wear Plates (Optional)?Rigid Platforms
9.4 Reel Position Resume (Attachment)?STS Combines
9.5 Short Dividers, Flex Header
10 Calibration Procedures
10.1 Calibration Procedures
11 Flex Header Adjustments
11.1 Adjust Platform Cutterbar/Skid Plate Tilt (Flex)
11.2 Operating Flex Header In Rigid Mode
11.3 Adjusting Head Drop Rate
11.4 Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Divider Points
11.5 Adjusting Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Divider Point Height
11.6 Side-to-Side Adjustment of Front Section of Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Point
12 Rigid Header Adjustments
12.1 Cutterbar Positions
12.2 Adjusting Cutterbar Fore/Aft
12.3 Adjusting Platform Cutterbar/Skid Plate Tilt (Rigid)
12.4 Adjusting Head Drop Rate
13 Auger and Stripper Adjustments
13.1 Setting Reel Safety Stops
13.2 Adjusting Auger Clearance
13.3 Adjusting auger height
13.4 Adjusting Auger Fore/Aft
13.5 Adjusting Auger Center Finger Synchronization
13.6 Adjusting Rear Auger Stripper
13.7 Adjusting Lower Stripper
13.8 Adjusting Auger Chain
14 Adjusting Reel
14.1 Adjusting Reel Fingers
14.2 Adjusting Reel Position
14.3 Adjusting Width Between Reel Arms
14.4 Adjusting Reel Fore/Aft and Lift Cylinders
14.5 Rephase Hydraulic Reel Fore/Aft
14.6 Rephasing Reel Lift Cylinders
14.7 Bleeding the Reel Lift Cylinder System
14.8 Adjusting Reel Speed Ratio Sensor
14.9 Adjusting Platform Height Restoring System
15 Lubricants
15.1 Gear Oil
15.2 Grease
15.3 Alternative and Synthetic Lubricants
15.4 Mixing of Lubricants
15.5 Lubricant Storage
16 Lubrication and Service
16.1 Lubrication Symbols
16.2 Care and Maintenance of Belts
17 Troubleshooting
17.1 Cutterbar Difficulties
17.2 Down and Tangled Crops Difficulties
17.3 Feeder House Difficulties
17.4 Auger Difficulties
17.5 Cutting Difficulties
17.6 Reel Difficulties
17.7 Hydraulic System Difficulties
17.8 ACTIVE HEADER CONTROL?
18 Servicing
18.1 Safe Cutting Platform Operation
18.2 Removing and Installing Knife Drive Belt
18.3 Replacing Cutterbar Knife
18.4 Aligning Knife Head / Knife Drive
18.5 Knife Hold-Down Clearance
18.6 Replacing Knife Sections
18.7 Replacing Auger Fingers and Retainers
18.8 Bleeding HYDRAFLEX System?Flex Headers
19 Storage
19.1 End of Season Service
19.2 Beginning of Season Service
20 Specifications
20.1 Specifications?Rigid Platforms
20.2 Dimensions/Weights?Rigid Cutting Platforms
20.3 Specifications?Flex Platforms
20.4 Dimensions/Weights?Flex Cutting Platforms
20.5 Product Identification Number
20.6 Metric Bolt and Screw Torque Values
20.7 Unified Inch Bolt and Screw Torque Values
21 Index
22 John Deere Service Literature Available
22.1 Technical Information
23 John Deere Service?Keeps You on the Job
23.1 John Deere Parts
23.2 The Right Tools
23.3 Well-Trained Technicians
23.4 Prompt Service
