How did the fingers_tines changeIJ Did they change the material away from cast ironIJ Sure hope so; anything less is another slap in the face. P.S. STS rotor removal figure 6-7 hours for average dealer mechanic. Not so easy... remove feeder house, remove tines, remove FAST beater, then remove rotor. Also, the grain does not feed into the top of the rotor. It can't because the rotor bearing plate prevents it. All grain must enter rotor below this plate, just like in a Case. If a JD engineer told you that, it would go a long way in explaining a lot of the, um, design oversights, of the STS.