[brutus]

Hi, trying to do soybeans but can't get rid of full pods in tank. Cyl. clearance at 1/4 cylinder speed at 700. Thanks.

 

[spudbubba]

If it's not cracking them close the cylinder down.

 

[drallis]

Try 800 rpm and then maybe 850 rpm until you can't stand the splits.

 

[spudbubba]

I think you're gonna want to close the cylinder down before you speed it up. If you don't have the clearance right it won't matter if you're running 400 RPM or 1300 RPM.

 

[jbirnsch]

If your cylinder bars are worn down that could be your problem also. Also check your concave bars for rock damage. Sometimes they can get folded over when a rock goes through.

Jason

 

[brutus]

Hey guys, thanks for the tips. Checked things out found cylinder bars getting wore and concave bars bad. Put in a set of channel concaves and zeroed out and leveled cylinder,set to 1/8 inch. Might get to try it tomorrow. Thanks again. P.S. What kind of cylinder bars are good to use?

 

[barry429]

We have great luck with the OEM bars with every other tooth cut out and hardsurfaced. St. John's Welding in Kansas made ours, 800-549-3289. They'll send you out a set and you return yours if they have them in stock. My .02.

 

[spudbubba]

Ashermans are what we run, though the M2 I just got has some aftermarkets that are supposedly better than ashermans.

 

[rburk]

We put a bean screen instead of the chaffer in our M3 and we got seed like cleanning.

 

[orangeguy]

When I had an M-3 put OEM wide spaced bars in. If I remember came through Heritage parts and were alot cheaper than coming from Agco parts. These come from Agco dealers. This has been several years ago, and they were less than 1/2.