jimg
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Last night I fired the 'new to me' baler (NH326) up and looks like the inboard knotter is failing -- knot isnt being wiped off the billhook. Its never a happy moment when dark is coming on and youre under pressure to fix something not entirely familiar. From what I had time to really see well the wiper is certainly moving in the correct course and seems to also be exerting the correct pressure. As much as I could determine in the field all other adjustments seem sane. I did notice though that the inboard billhook had some considerable pitting/rust in the area where it hooks up into a shaft (in the crook right in front of the hinge pt). The outboard knotter was similar but not quite as bad. Also, as another data pt, the knot was always hung up right at the tip of the billhook...pinched right at the tip fairly close to coming off. Do you think the rust/rough would be enough to put the timing off enough to hang the knot? Im thinking right now it would be prudent to probably replace the billhooks just 1) get a good know part (w/i spec) and 2) preclude the rough surfaces from the problem mix. Honestly though Im not sure what tolerances these knotters will continue to work properly at. So may questions...
Otherwise everything else worked great!
Otherwise everything else worked great!