Combines Nearly burned our TR98 to the ground

[dakota]

Reading your other posts, I thought you might be glad to get rid of it and buy a lexion. (just joking) After you have posted negative experiences with your lexion in the past two years, what makes you think you could overcome those in the future, if you would buy another 480IJ

 

[2rotorsrule]

We don't know what to buy. Next year we will have our TR98 traded off. We will keep our lexion...we like it enough for it to stay, but I feel there's just too much moving around on it. Way too many cylinders, rotors....just way too much.....have and cylinder or rotors...but having technically three cylinders and two rotors...its an awful lot to go wrong...and an awful lot of things wearing out. I guess, eventually it will nickel and dime a guy with repair bills, but will cost more than a few nickels. Also, I don't like that you can't get to the concave. You can't even see it. 30 seconds and you can see the entire concave on our TR. WE thought about it...we don't know what to get. I'm not trying to bash anyones machine...at this point we'd consider any brand, but it seems you can name a major flaw with every brand. One is known for one bad thing....one doesn't do this right, or that right......Maybe a dealer is too far away, or the dealer you would have is poor. No matter what brand I guess, someone has had a bad experience with a brand of machine and has converted. John deere to Case, Case to John Deere....New Holland to Cat....Cat to New Holland...you name it...so what does one doIJ We need two reliable machines for wheat harvest. Our weather has been so strange this year we just want to get the wheat off in a timely manner, and it seems every machine is going to let you down.

 

[John]

Try the new massey rotors heard lots of good things about them. Ran an 8570 and was impressed with the performance against a 9600 deere.

 

[Jim]

Go with the new Massey or Challenger.I ran New Hollands from !980 till two years ago.Tr85"s To tr99. They work great but the repairs and wear became too much.I love the massey.Just my two cents worth

 

[dakota]

I know this feeling. Each combine has a draw back. We switched colors and hoped for the better but instead it got a lot worse and we switched back - way back to walkers.

 

[cycl]

You are correct the snap ring failing is somewhat common. It is just something that needs to be checked every moring during startup. As the torque sensing sheaves move it puts pressure on the snapring and if the sheaves ever aren't able to move freely the snap ring fails. Be sure that when you grease the torque sensor you run rotor speed all the way up and then grease and then all the way down and grease. Be happy the sheave didn't run long enough to cut through the frame and then into the the wiring harness directly behind the frame rail. Also be very careful when repairing the torque senso as the spring has a great deal of tension and numerous people have been severly injured because they just took the thing apart with out using any type of compression tools.

 

[CNHTEK]

Remove your torque sensor and dissasemble it. Take the center hub to your local machinist and have him turn down the top 1_4" of the splines(just past the snap ring groove) Find a wheel bearing nut that would fit the hub if you were to cut threads into it. Then have the machinist tread the hub to match it. When assembling the tourque sensor, torwue the nut of the hub to about 350-400 Ft-lbs and either stake it ot use a set screw to ensure it is held in place. It takes a little more time to dissasemble the torque senor after, but at least it doesn't fly apart when you need it.

 

[CNHTEK]

They had better perform better than a 9600 Deere, they are a whole class higher than than them. My personal opinion, the new CR's and the 9650 Deere's have been performing really well arround this area. the Deere seems better in wheat, according to the opperators, but the CR 970's have better capacity. Just a matter of opinion I guess.