Combines Overfeed auger N7

No problems here! Do you know what is causing your auger to plugIJ What crops are bad for youIJ

We owned a N7 way back in 81. If I remember correctly, the overfeed auger was removed, and left out. This was done by the Gleaner service guys at that time. Also the Cage Sweep was unhooked, as it used to plug steady, especially on side hills.

Wheat thin straw, just matter of time before it plugs itself real good.

Have you removed the trough under the augerIJ It is a lousy job to remove it. Without the trough, overfed material from the cage plus any repeats directed back to be rethreshed go down onto the front feed elevator for rethreshing. We left the trough and auger in but cut a large, foot long hole in the trough, under the repeats entrance on the right hand end. This allowed repeats to go thru the trough for rethreshing and took the load off the overfeed auger. A plate was made to cover this hole if any repeats were to bypass the thresher. It only took a couple of minutes to change from rethreshing to bypassing back thru the accellerator rolls. This is assuming you have the repeats elevator rethreshing option. We only harvest small grains. i.e. wheat and etc.

There is always a reason one guy has problems and someone else doesnt. In this case, its type of crop. We dont plant small grain in my part of the world; our rotation has been corn and beans for many years. We also dont have a cage sweep in the R60 after neighbors suggested removing it the year we bought it.

Now I remember, after reading a post above....it was the trough that was removed, and not the complete auger.

These days 99 percent of them older machines have overfeed auger and cage sweep comletely removed around here. Wheat and Barley were the crops we had that caused problems. Condition of cylinder bars and helicals no doubt have a part to do with these problems. likely the biggest thing we did to cure these problems was shimming helicals (includes green stem kit). Channel helicals will do similiar trick. To much straw coming threw cage equals problems handling it. If you remove cage sweep build a tin or plastic wall straight up from left concave arm to prevent straw from hanging and starting to build. Also leave cover on both sides of left concave arm area and right concave arm area. leave all other covers off. Remember that reverse cylinder bars and a discharge beater that is not moving straw will cause constupation which can cause too much straw on outside of cage. Sorry I got a little carryed away hear but you best start at the root of the problem. Good luck