Table of Content:
1 Introduction
1.1 Foreword
1.2 A Message to Our Customers
1.3 Intended Use
1.4 Trademarks
2 Identification View
2.1 Identification View
3 Safety Features
3.1 Header Safety Features
4 Safety
4.1 Recognize Safety Information
4.2 Understand Signal Words
4.3 Follow Safety Instructions
4.4 French and Spanish Safety Signs and Operator’s Manual
4.5 Replace Safety Signs
4.6 Operator Ability
4.7 Ballasting for Safe Ground Contact
4.8 Parking and Leaving the Machine
4.9 Prepare for Emergencies
4.10 Wear Protective Clothing
4.11 Stay Clear of Harvesting Units
4.12 Keep Hands Away From Knives
4.13 Use Safety Lights and Devices
4.14 Transport Combine with Front-End Equipment Attached Safely
4.15 Road Transport Disconnect Switch
4.16 Practice Safe Maintenance
4.17 Remove Paint Before Welding or Heating
4.18 Avoid Heating Near Pressurized Fluid Lines
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 and Chains Safely
4.27 Protect Against High Pressure Spray
4.28 Decommissioning ? Proper Recycling and Disposal of Fluids and Components
4.29 Support Machine Properly
4.30 Store Attachments Safely
5 Safety Signs-Except North America
5.1 Pictorial Safety Signs
5.2 Replace Safety Signs
5.3 Recognize Safety Information
5.4 Operator?s Manual
5.5 Hydraulic Oil and Gas Under Pressure
5.6 Rotating Driveline
5.7 Reel Safety Stops
5.8 Side Shield
5.9 Cutterbar Movement
5.10 Header Entanglement
6 Safety Signs-North America Only
6.1 Safety Signs Location?Flex Platforms Only
7 Attaching and Detaching
7.1 Location of the Rear Auger Stripper Extension
7.2 Identification of Coupling Type
7.3 Coupling Header to Combine?Multicoupler
7.4 Coupling Header to Combine?Multi-Point
7.5 Removing Header from Feeder House?Multicoupler
7.6 Removing Header from Feeder House?Multi-Point
7.7 Unlocking Feeder House Manually
7.8 Location of Locking Cable Shear Screws
8 Transporting
8.1 Transporting on Trailer
8.2 Transporting on Combine
9 Operating the Platform
9.1 Choice of Harvesting Time
9.2 Cutting Platform Operation
9.3 Description of Automatic Header Height Control Systems
9.4 Operating Flex Platforms?HYDRAFLEX? System Pressure
9.5 Header Height Sensing?HYDRAFLEX? Heads with Auxiliary Sensors
9.6 Wiring Harness Information?Only for Headers Equipped with Height Sensor
9.7 Operating Flex Platform in Rigid Mode
9.8 Auxiliary Sensor Arm Operating Positions
9.9 Flex System Lock for Rigid Mode Operation?Only for Headers Equipped with Height Sensor
9.10 Operating and Servicing Requirements?Only for Headers Equipped with Height Sensor
9.11 Checking Platform Speeds
9.12 Reel Operation
9.13 Cutting Platform Controls
9.14 Position Warning Lights for Field Operation
9.15 Combining Oats, Sorghum, Wheat, and Sunflowers in Dry Ground Conditions
9.16 Combining Oats, Sorghum, and Wheat in Damp or Wet Ground Conditions
9.17 Combining Oats, Sorghum, Barley, and Wheat in Short, Thin Crops?Rigid Platforms
9.18 Combining Rice?Rigid Platforms
9.19 Combining Soybeans?Flex Platforms
10 Attachments and Options
10.1 Auger Flight Extensions (Attachment)?Flex Platforms
10.2 Auger Speeds (Attachment)
10.3 Stubble Lights (Optional)?Flex Platforms
10.4 Fine Serrated Knife (Optional)
10.5 Knife Assemblies with Long-Short Sections (Optional)
10.6 Knife Drive Sheaves (Attachment)
10.7 Heavy-Duty Wear Plates?Rigid Platforms
10.8 Reel Position Resume (Attachment)?S Series Combines
10.9 Short Dividers (Optional)?Flex Platforms
10.10 Spare Knife Storage (Attachment)
10.11 Raised Height Skid Shoes (Optional)
10.12 Low Stone Dam (Attachment or Option)
10.13 High Stone Dam (Attachment or Option)
11 Calibration and Settings
11.1 When to Calibrate
11.2 Calibration Error Codes
11.3 Calibration Procedures
12 Adjustments ? Flex Platform
12.1 Adjust Platform Cutterbar/Skid Plate Tilt
12.2 Adjusting Head Drop Rate
12.3 Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Divider Points
12.4 Adjusting Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Divider Point Height
12.5 Side-to-Side Adjustment of Front Section of Standard PERMA-GLIDE? Point
13 Adjustments ? Rigid Platform
13.1 Cutterbar Positions
13.2 Adjusting Cutterbar Fore/Aft
13.3 Adjusting Platform Cutterbar/Skid Plate Tilt
13.4 Adjusting Head Drop Rate
14 Adjustments ? Auger and Stripper
14.1 Auger Configuration Information Sign
14.2 Remove Knife Drive Belt from Drive Sheave
14.3 Adjusting Auger Position
14.4 Adjusting Auger Height
14.5 Adjusting Auger Fore/Aft
14.6 Adjusting Center Auger Finger Timing
14.7 Adjusting Rear Stripper
14.8 Adjusting Floor Stripper
14.9 Adjusting Auger Chain
15 Adjustments ? Reel
15.1 Adjust Reel Fingers
15.2 Adjusting Minimum Reel Height and Leveling Reel
15.3 Adjusting Width Between Reel Arms
15.4 Adjusting Reel Fore/Aft and Lift Cylinders
15.5 Rephase Hydraulic Reel Fore/Aft
15.6 Rephasing Reel Lift Cylinders
15.7 Bleeding the Reel Lift Cylinder System
15.8 Adjusting Reel Speed Ratio Sensor
15.9 Adjusting Reel Drive Gear
15.10 Adjusting Platform Height Restoring System
16 Lubricants
16.1 Gear Oil
16.2 Alternative and Synthetic Lubricants
16.3 Mixing of Lubricants
16.4 Lubricant Storage
16.5 Multipurpose Grease
17 Lubrication and Service
17.1 Lubrication Intervals Information Sign
17.2 Lubrication Symbols
17.3 Care and Maintenance of Belts
17.4 Every 50 Hours of Operation
17.5 Every 200 Hours of Operation
17.6 Every 400 Hours of Operation
18 Troubleshooting
18.1 Cutterbar Difficulties
18.2 Down and Tangled Crops Difficulties
18.3 Feeder House Difficulties
18.4 Auger Difficulties
18.5 Cutting Difficulties
18.6 Reel Difficulties
18.7 Hydraulic System Difficulties
18.8 ACTIVE HEADER CONTROL?
19 Servicing
19.1 Safe Cutting Platform Operation
19.2 Reel Safety Stops
19.3 Opening and Closing Right and Left-Hand Shields
19.4 Remove and Install Knife Drive Belt
19.5 Adjusting Knife Drive Belt Tension
19.6 Replacing Cutterbar Knife
19.7 Knife and Knife Drive Alignment
19.8 Knife Hold-Down Clearance
19.9 Replacing Knife Sections
19.10 Replacing Auger Fingers and Retainers
19.11 Stubble Light Bulb Replacement
19.12 Header Warning Light Bulb Replacement
19.13 Bleeding HydraFlex? System?Flex Headers
20 Storage
20.1 End of Season Service
20.2 Beginning of Season Service
20.3 Prepare Machine for Storage
21 Specifications
21.1 Specifications?Rigid Platforms
21.2 Dimensions/Weights?Rigid Cutting Platforms
21.3 Specifications?Flex Platforms
21.4 Dimensions/Weights?Flex Cutting Platforms
21.5 Metric Bolt and Screw Torque Values
21.6 Unified Inch Bolt and Screw Torque Values
21.7 Machine Design Life
22 Serial Number
22.1 Identification Numbers
22.2 Identification Plate
22.3 Keep Proof of Ownership
22.4 Interpreting Machine Serial Number
22.5 Product Identification Number
23 Index
24 John Deere Service Literature Available
24.1 Technical Information
25 John Deere Service?Keeps You on the Job
25.1 John Deere Parts
25.2 The Right Tools
25.3 Well-Trained Technicians
25.4 Prompt Service