Combines Feed Conveyor problem

Why can't he clear the slug by using the feed conveyer reverserIJ

He must move it back and forth with the reverser, but it just can't do it all. It is like it just is stuck in between the two conveyors and can't feed from the front one to the rear with out hesitating.

Was the problem wrapping around feeder drive or just slugging. If it was slugging then try moving drive belt to the other pully speed. The books tell you to be on the fast pully but our 99 R 62 is working better on the slow side. Went from 1.5 to 2 mph and 1 to 2 slugs a bin full, to 3 to 4.5 mph and 1 or 2 slugs a day. 25 foot head and 35 to 40 bu. beans. I also have the rear feeder blocks on the corn setting but have cut the top off, so the upword travel would be the same as on the grain setting. Seems to make the transition from one feedr house to the other more smooth. One other thing make sure chains are not loose and dragging on the floor. my 2 cents

I know several Gleaner owners are installing the new style Posifeed drums designed by an Aussie farmer, which is being manufactured by loewen. I think that would be worth a try.

Make sure he has the .100" gap inbetween the corn varible sheaves. Make sure he has been greasing corn varible daily to prevent inner sheave from wobbling on hub and jaws from dring up. Make sure right front feeder belt idler pivot is free to pivot and spring is set to length of strap. Make sure rear feed belt is not stretched out so idleer arm is not contacting anti-flyback iron. Rebuild both feed clutches and fill them with springs. Clean out feeder to examine whole floor front to rear to see there is no worn threw area. Slats on rear chain should not be bent and at least as sharp as front ones. Does he run a rock sump or any other option for rock doorIJ Check size of front right feeder pulley for very first 72s had smaller diameter pulley like the later 70s had. Now if all this checks out it's time to talk mods. like helical mods to prevent second pass over feeder and left concave area. like a cylinder option that stops the constipation of seperator side which leeds to constipation back to feeder. like the transition area inbetween the two chains. There is a good reason why some are having good luck with posi-feed drum, faster or slower feeder speed, drum starting and max height ect. It boils down to transition problem between the chains in certain crops and conditions. We have tackled this by tilting rear of front feed floor down 3_4" and tilting front of rear feed floor down 1". We remove the hump at front of rear floor when at it. This has basically stoped all premature plugging in the worst of conditions. Most machines get false floor extended all the way forward from bottom of square tube in front feeder and corners at sides of feeder tapered by about 3" at the same time. What a difference it makes on feeder shaft and drive problems. Have a great harvest

G'Day Guy's Ken's right about the posifeed rollers! but if you only buy one put it in the rear feed drum spot as this is where some of the problem lies. Dans fix to the rear feed floor would help also. Rolf

update rear shaft to no slip clutch. solves a lot of problems.