Combines Shoe seive

Does your 2388 have the new shoe supports

One of the big causes for cracks in this area is the chaffer_cleaning sieve assy. being out of square to the hex drive shaft. This is the one that runs the auger bed. One quick check is to drop the drive belt and turn the large pulley on the right side of the machine by hand. You should be able to run it through a complete cycle without any binding. If you can't, get with your local dealer service department. There is a rather lengthy SB that addresses this. The slow down kit is usually only recommended for light crops only. Speed is really not the culprit here unless engine high idle is above spec, and for the CDC emission engines to operate correctly high idle needs to be right on spec.

The machine came new with the cast support, 2000 build. The slow down kit would undoubtedly cut back the capacity of the machine surely. Anyway why do we have to use update kits on new gear. One unhappy customer.

The slowdown kit slows the the shaker assy but

REDPOWER, I guess they are built to a price, and for my money I can get a big capacity machine that is cheaper than the opposition. Don't get me wrong, I like the red machine and happy with it's productivity. However, it's good to have forums such as this to alert others of of the problems we have and what to look out for.

I don't believe it's a lack of RandD Redpower, but rather economic forces that prevent Case from actually fixing the problem. If they were to actually fix the problem at the factory, then Case would sell less replacement sieves, and their dealers would have less work to do. I don't have a clue how many combines make it past their first year without cracking the sieves, but I would bet that it's the majority of the machines made. As long as Case doesn't have to pay to fix these machines, I'm sure they don't care. Until the cost to fix broken machines that are under warrenty becomes prohibitive, I don't think Case will fix the problem. Just my $.02.