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Richard Doolittle

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A friend of mine is trying to bale with a 605J. He's having trouble with the pickup. Running empty, everything runs good. As soon as he pulls in to a winrow the pickup stops running and plugs up. There must be some sort of slip clutch or something on the right hand side, but we sure can't figure it out. Anyone have any experience with this problem?? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
They have switch that stops the pickup when the bale gets maximum size. It might be shorted so it thinks the bale is full on the first piece af hay.
 
Richard Doolittle said:
A friend of mine is trying to bale with a 605J. He's having trouble with the pickup. Running empty, everything runs good. As soon as he pulls in to a winrow the pickup stops running and plugs up. There must be some sort of slip clutch or something on the right hand side, but we sure can't figure it out. Anyone have any experience with this problem?? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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We run a J baler. What about the shear pins? Are they in place? They are on the right side about half way up. Sometimes in swamp hay, we go through those things like candy. Another potential problem might be the clutch under the pick-up gear, down lower on the right side. And then if the clutch assembly at the back of the PTO on the front side of the baler is worn, it will give you fits. It also will get very hot.

This can all be very frustrating. Good luck.

One word of caution--always use soft bolts as shear pins. One time I was down to one soft bolt (grade 2) and one hard one (grade 5, which has the three little marks on the head). I put them in, promising to myself to be very careful. I hit another chunk of greener type hay and messed things up bad, not in the baler but in the tractor itself. That was an expensive lesson that I hope to not ever repeat.
 
I run a superJ baler.


there is a slip clutch on the driven sprocket on the pickup. There is a beveled headed bolt on it that needs an Allen wrench to remove. Remove it and the large thick washer, then I believe there is a snap ring and the clutch will come apart. Check maybe the key where this is keyed to the shaft might be sheared or lost. The shear bolts Soapweed talked about are on the feed roller, this roller is square on my baler, there is a short #60 roller chain that drives this roller.

I had fits with the load limiting clutch on the drive shaft this year. I had it all rebuilt last fall so did not expect it to be the cause of my trouble, checked everything for a seized bearing and thought I had found the trouble several times but after just a few bales it started to act up again. Finally I suspected this clutch, after taking it apart two times and checking the book again and again, I found that the 4 bolts which compresses the belville springs was not backed off far enough. There were two types of this slip clutch used on these balers, yours may or may not be the same as mine.

Hope this gives you an idea where to start.
 
Soapweed said:
Richard Doolittle said:
A friend of mine is trying to bale with a 605J. He's having trouble with the pickup. Running empty, everything runs good. As soon as he pulls in to a winrow the pickup stops running and plugs up. There must be some sort of slip clutch or something on the right hand side, but we sure can't figure it out. Anyone have any experience with this problem?? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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We run a J baler. What about the shear pins? Are they in place? They are on the right side about half way up. Sometimes in swamp hay, we go through those things like candy. Another potential problem might be the clutch under the pick-up gear, down lower on the right side. And then if the clutch assembly at the back of the PTO on the front side of the baler is worn, it will give you fits. It also will get very hot.

This can all be very frustrating. Good luck.

One word of caution--always use soft bolts as shear pins. One time I was down to one soft bolt (grade 2) and one hard one (grade 5, which has the three little marks on the head). I put them in, promising to myself to be very careful. I hit another chunk of greener type hay and messed things up bad, not in the baler but in the tractor itself. That was an expensive lesson that I hope to not ever repeat.
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Dang Soapweed you are starting to sound like a mechanic. :wink: I thought you took pride in staying away from that kind of thing. :-) I hope Cosmo is over his headache.

have a cold one

lazy ace
 
Faster horses said:
Greg Gunderson is the Vermeer dealer (Trendline Equipment) at Baker, Mt. I bet he can help you. His number is 406-978-3777.

He is such a nice guy, don't hesitate to call him. He'll help in anyway he can.

Good luck!!!!!!!
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Just want to say thanks.

I don't need him today, but the fact is, being able to call a fella and get help means more than any warranty anywhere. God, I love the people of this country........
 

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