[hgmitch]

Some one said I should take the belt off the feeder house fan while combining corn. Is this common procedure?

 

[Tom Turner]

Yes, if you do not it will pluged up and if you do not unplug it it will stop and burn the belt off.

 

[greentech]

Yeah same thing goes for sunflowers. Fire hazard in flowers.

 

[bent]

I have never removed the belt on my 9650 in 5 years of corn and have not had any problems. Since that belt is inside the feeder house drive belts, removal would be a PITA. I have never ran flowers.

 

[steve1616]

Our 9510 had a belt and it was so easy to disconnect. It even had a little bracket to let the belt stay attached. Our belt burn up in corn so we started disconnecting it.

 

[thecombiner]

I think the problem is the flowers are goosenecking on the cross shaft in the feererhouse and starting to burn there and spreading thruout the combine,mine were in the chopper area,when I took off the belt no more fires,also check the bottom side of the intake manifold I found 1 inch of charred sunflower dust there and since I hav eno more main engine gearcase smolders,good luck