Combines Wear Points Weak Points Etc on R 52 or 62

[Silver_Bullet]

I just replaced the cage and helicals at just over 2,000 sep. hrs. on my R62. Conveyer chains seem to need replaced about every 1,000 hrs. I harvest wheat, corn. milo. I was thinking the long shoe came out in '98. I think once you got to the painted combines in '98 a lot of the needed refinements had been made. My R62 has been a pretty dependable machine. I can't really think of any weak points. They all wear some place sooner or later but as far as one part or area giving trouble there just hasn't been.

 

[Gleamer]

I believe your cylinder bars wear faster than the cage, the concave would be suspect before the cage also. Check unloader augers in the tank and the tube, plan on new instead of welding on flighting in the tube, it will wobble every time. The bubble up auger does a ton of work, check it. Clean grain does three times the work of tailing return, check it. Feeder chains, the one in the house goes first, rougher job there. Bearings and belts is about the rest to look for. If you think its $100.00, double it.. take the plung, glad I did..

 

[gleanermanitoba]

We have had 3 R-62,s fom 94-98 now on a 62 and a 72. They have all been very reliable for us, the 96 is the long shoe. The 94 if a cummins could be a 240 or a 260 hp unit depending on build date. For us thre have been no real weak points consistantly, each machine seemed to be unique, other than we carry a spare unloader belt with us as we usually blow one a year until the last 2 years. Make sure the spinner gears are good and adjusted properly, the fine cut chopper makes a nicer cut but is more maintenece and has been known to blow a couple of flails. check the bearings as said, and also check the bushing inserts on the idlers, cheap and easy to replace, it would be a good idea to make sure main bearings on the main through shaft have been changed, we have not had one go to bad but found one starting to spin on shaft. We have had bearings in main seperator clutch go, a strange howling sound when seperator is not engaged not a hard fix, some were machined deeper with a wave washer put in, but there is a two channel bearing available now I believe. The cage, rub bars, feeder chains and sprockets, and elevators have not been an issue and are a visual thing it will depend on the hours and crops harvested. Hope it helps.

 

[NDDan]

Three major things come to mind when comparing your conventional Gleaner to rotary Gleaner. Straw still enters the cylinder concave the same direction as conventionals. Feed chains deliver it just as your feeder beater did. You can compare feed chain inspection to your inspection of your M2s raddle chains. After the concave is where you have a major difference. Helical bars are fastened to inside of cage and they work with the angle of rasp bar to guide the straw around cage and to the left. Them helical bars are channel shaped and should measure near 1_2" deep. Cage is next major difference from what you are used too. You should inspect to see if it has been beat up with rocks and you can normally find unworn area to very far right. Compare unworn area to area just to left of concave. That seems to be major point of wear on the removeable seperator door, at least it was before some degree of steep helicals. Next area of cage that shows wear is area just behind or beyond concave toward the left side. These inspections should give you a good idea of cage condition. We have cages with 4000 plus hours so it makes a far difference what crops or areas of the world you are in. Next and final major difference that you have not been around that have little to do with rotary concept is the accelerator rolls. They are Gleaners way to speed up the cleaning process and take a ton of load off the shoe. They are located directly below cage and are two rubber paddled rolls that are timed and turn together. They throw material down at approx 4 times normal free fall threw high blast of wind. This give the Gleaner alot of forgiveness when traveling uphill, downhill, or tipped to one or the other side. In very light seed crops you shouldn't be able to slide a pencil back and forth between them. Much more forgiving in the heavy seed crops. If there should ever be any problem on the shoe the accelerator rolls are the first place to look. Other than that the other guys have some good tips and of course the newer the more refined. Newer isn't allways better for there is the time I would much rather have an older machine that has been kept up or not ran into the ground. Best of luck

 

[T3]

Thanks to all. I've been talking to my local dealer and to some dealers that have combines on their lot (local dealer doesn't have any used combines). I've about decided to go the R62 route. little more money and lot more capacity. Still have a lot or research to do to get educated! Of course all depends on what the crops look like in about 3 weeks. They really look good now!!