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[cjmal]

MY 820 GRAIN PLATFORM IS LEVEL ON COMBINE BUT LEFT OF SICKLE IS ABOUT 4 INCHES LOWER THAN RIGHT SIDE TRIED ALL ADJUSTMENTS.JUST GOT THIS ITS NOT ELETRIC. ITS MECH. WITH CABLE ADJUSTMENT. ANY HELP? JIM

 

[Anonymous-0]

Mine was also not quite level and I just adjusted the spring tension until it was level. So my spring settings do not mirror what they recommend. Also installed a small secondary return spring on the transverse tube. Mine wanted to occasionally stick and this screwed up the cutterbar float control. This eliminated the problem. Should note that I removed the heavy dividers because they would flatten the beans or wheat when cutting on a radius. If planting 30 inch beans would probably reinstall them but they certainly stick out a long ways. Originally intended to add weight the the short stubs remaining after removing the long dividers, but determined it was possible to compensate by lowering spring tension.

 

[tjiniowa]

Check the springs that put the down pressure on, on the back of the head. There is a tube with a tube in it if I remember right, and it can rust and not move, so it is not returning to your setting of the spring. I had one froze up on my 820 when I bought it, and it did the same thing as yours. I had to take that spring and mount completely apart and clean up the slide mechanism and greased it good.