I was able to get the feederhouse removed from my 9600 yesterday, and thought I would post some pics. (I took the pictures with my cell phone..sorry the quality is just NOT there!
) The cylinder bars are technically still good, but since I am there, I am going to go ahead and change them. It's too much hastle to change the concave (only), then come back later to change the bars...Plus, I want to change the concave & the cyl. bars at the same time, and see what effect this has on [increasing] capacity/efficiency.
Gosh, these feederhouses are sure a lot bigger than the 20 series combines! When I changed the concave on my 6620, I used a cherry picker. Needless to say, the cherry picker would not work [too well] on this ol' boy! I used my skidsteer...pulled it up to the front of the feederhouse, so the feederhouse would not move when we picked up on the back of it:
Ah, that's better! NOW we can get in there a lot easier to work on this thing!
*PS* That is my daugther climbing on the outer dual. She was not there during the disassembly ; just there with me today when we took the pics..we had been out feeding, and she wanted to see Daddy's progress! She LOVES riding in the combine! I can't wait until she's driving it, and I get to snooze in the truck!

Gosh, these feederhouses are sure a lot bigger than the 20 series combines! When I changed the concave on my 6620, I used a cherry picker. Needless to say, the cherry picker would not work [too well] on this ol' boy! I used my skidsteer...pulled it up to the front of the feederhouse, so the feederhouse would not move when we picked up on the back of it:

Ah, that's better! NOW we can get in there a lot easier to work on this thing!

*PS* That is my daugther climbing on the outer dual. She was not there during the disassembly ; just there with me today when we took the pics..we had been out feeding, and she wanted to see Daddy's progress! She LOVES riding in the combine! I can't wait until she's driving it, and I get to snooze in the truck!