Hello. I have had a neighbor helping me troubleshoot the missed ties on my 575. This gentleman has extensive baler experience and puts up 15,000 or so small squares a year. As we were going through the list of possible issues he commented on how the knotter assembly seemed loose where it is held into the lower position. There is a pin that goes through a hole in the knotter frame into a slotted bracket. See the attached picture. That arrangement allows the knotter to move up and down a quarter inch or so. He thought that might be throwing things off and suggested putting a bolt through it and locking it down tight instead of leaving the Pin with the movement. That makes me a little uncomfortable however. Clearly the machine was designed with this
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movement in mind, otherwise it would have a locking mechanism like a bolt. Furthermore, if it is supposed to have movement and now doesn’t I worry that something else will either prematurely wear or fail. What do you all think? The area in question is in the upper center of the photo, and you can see the hairpin through the bolt on the right side of the bracket. Also, if you look at the twine holder spring, there is just a bolt and no spring on the other side. The manual clearly shows a bolt passing through and then a coil spring and a nut. Is this the way it supposed to be? Thanks oh, and by the way the problem I’m having is a knot on line number two and line number one pulling out. We sharpen the knives, realigned the twine fingers, timing is all correct, changed the twine from old sisal to new sisal. Won’t be able to check it out again until we get a few days of dry weather, which at this pace maybe never. Thanks again
movement in mind, otherwise it would have a locking mechanism like a bolt. Furthermore, if it is supposed to have movement and now doesn’t I worry that something else will either prematurely wear or fail. What do you all think? The area in question is in the upper center of the photo, and you can see the hairpin through the bolt on the right side of the bracket. Also, if you look at the twine holder spring, there is just a bolt and no spring on the other side. The manual clearly shows a bolt passing through and then a coil spring and a nut. Is this the way it supposed to be? Thanks oh, and by the way the problem I’m having is a knot on line number two and line number one pulling out. We sharpen the knives, realigned the twine fingers, timing is all correct, changed the twine from old sisal to new sisal. Won’t be able to check it out again until we get a few days of dry weather, which at this pace maybe never. Thanks again
