Combines FIRE FIRE FIRE

Hope it didn't do too much damage. We had a bearing go out and start a fire on our 2388 back in August, but it didn't hurt anything.

Witch bearing IJ

hey farmertony. I guess all the colour-mad guys went "dammit!" when they heard it was the '66 and not the big one.....

don't know how or where it started looked to be on top of the rotor cage. might have ran some metal through made a spark. fires happen everyone be careful. a lot of new JD combines broke down around here how about everyone elseIJ

leaf blower and fire extinguisher(20 pounder) We would have lost our 1480 last year if I didn't blow it off every other day. Battery exploded and things went downhill from there, but since there wasn't much fuel on the combine I was able to save it with a 2 lb fire extinguisher untill the fire brigade arrived. Chads

Nope no JOHN DEERES broke down here. 8010 with high losses out back. Any idea what the problem may beIJ

farmertim On our 2388 is was the back thrust bearing on the adjustable rotor drive pulley. It's the one that fits on the back of the adjustable colar and rides on the front half of the drive pulley. These things are notorious for starting fires, because when they go out, they sling buring grease all down on the elevators. They also ruin the front half of the pulley. luckily, we didn't have any dust in the engine compartment or underneath the pulleys to get going, just on top of the elevators and some braces. For dust fires, the best thing I've seen is to carry a pump up hand sprayer full of water. A fire extinguisher will blow the burning dust around, while the garden sprayer will put out a small amount of water at low pressure to wet things down. We got this idea from a neighbor whose 8820 would catch on fire almost everyday!!!

Deadduck, Thanks for the reply. Guess I could try to shake the sheaves to check for play when I grease in the mornings. You would think it would vibrate pretty bad and you would hear it but the 23's cabs are pretty quiet. We sometimes use a 4-weeler sprayer to put out wheat field fire escapes.You'd be supprised what they will put out.

what cropIJ I know the neighbor was having that problem and his was set up wrong. and open the precleaner 5_8 of an inch about 5 clicks up

here in ontario there was a new 9560sts burn to the ground in wheat season.