Combines looking at a 1688

duke

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There's not a lot to look at unless you can open up the rotor area and really look in. you have your normal stuff like oil leaks and the like. You might want to take a pry bar and try and wiggle the shaker arms to see how much wear the bushings have- this is a common wear point and is not that expensive to fix, just takes some time. If it has had a lot of grain through it the bottom of the clean grain elevator has probably been replaced and the bottom of the bin auger too. There is a trough under the bin auger. If you can get into the rotor check the bars and the vanes on the top. At the very front of the rotor there is a door held on by about 6 or 8 bolts. If you take it off you can see the elephant ears and check to see thier wear. Also see how much of the wear items are chrome.
 
 
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