Combines variable speed header drive counter shaft

[Tom_Russell]

Is that bearing the one that isnt supposed to have a lock collarIJ I have seen some weird things happen in that area but none as serious as yours.

 

[MinnR62]

We ate a few belts with our R62 and a 8 row Geringholf corn head until we put the direct drive on from Clinton Ag Service. I would recomend you talk to them. http:__www.maxminn.com_clintonag_index.html

 

[Dr__Allis]

I think you'll always have troubles in this area (and then the header clutch) when operating something that pulls that hard. later model(97IJIJ)R62_72's had improvements to the header drive so it could pull more ie; 12-row heads at higher ground speeds without slippage. Sounds to me like direct drive might be best way. Maybe your lower sheave assembly was on the verge of being worn out and didn't bother with regular CH but when you went to the high hp head the problems showed up.

 

[sidekick]

From what was said in posts here a couple of months ago you definitly need a dirict drive as mentioned to run that head successfully.

 

[buckeyegleaner]

we rarely have trouble with belts on the ch vs when we can get customers to properly grease the lower sheave assy. when you have it apart and put it back together you need to at least pump 1-2 tubes of grease in it or it will not work properly. the hardest thing to understand about the system is if you grease it everyday---10 to 20 pumps---like everyone does,but it wasnt packed with grease ,the grease never gets on the cam surfaces that tighten the belt,causing shock loads and slipping of the drive system. as far as the bearing spinning on shaft the nut must loosen up or not be assembled right or the bearing should fail without taking the shaft.there is specefic directions on putting the left side together and also the proper torque. the last r60 shaft that was broke (undersized from brg spinning) also had the hub wore into that is supposed to lock the inner race and needed repaired to make it long enough to hit the inner race without the washer bottoming out on the end of the shaft.if the torque isnt against the inner race it will spin again. hope this helps

 

[ahbecalm]

Rod at Willmar Farm Center told me he had a customer with a Gerringhof on an R62. The pressure relief valve would allow the speed to drop. They put a high pressure shut off valve in the circuit, set the speed, then closed the valve. The idea I like is to insatall a pressure gauge in the line. Better yet, consider trading up to a RotoDisk. This year I had a shaft malfunction. The nut torque wasn't enough, the shaft came loose in the bearing. Wore down 1_16" in a day. (R50 with a 6-30 Hugger)