We run the same baler, but twine tie. Have changed many bearings on it over the years, we've found that if a bearing goes bad, replace the bearings on both ends of the roller. Replaced all the bearings on the shaft powering the pickups last year, innermost one is awful to get lined up... x2 on good quality bearings only...Awesome old baler though, a lot of bales through it, bought new in '96. Great video.
Thanks. This year we changed almost all the remaining bearings. All the rollers have new bearings and pickup header etc. A bucketful of bearings... But it's all very good now for a long time.
It's actually very easy to replace the bearings if you know how to do it. It's just that previous owner did not know how to remove sprockets the right way and damaged a lot of things during that.
Hei! This summer I replaced those plastic things and bearings on pickup header, as well as the header left side chain. Those roller bearings haven't replaced in this summer, but one will be changed because it started to squeak. Next week I will be baling straw so the repair will be done as soon as possible. Good luck to finish this season! 💪😉
Did you replace the plastic things with plastic or real bearing blocks? Plastic will last if you know that you can/should lubricate them. Good luck with the season. It's been quite warm and hard on the machines.
Thanks! Yes, this summer is hot but good for hay. The grass is small and it's hard to get the right number of bales. That's why I replaced them just for grease nipples because they were smashed off. Bought the original ones at Konekesko, cost it about 21eur. They look like this agrodoctor.eu/bearing/76267-flange-slide-bearing-8137621-for-claas-baler-d28mm-original-.html
Nice hint, thanks. The real bearing block costs the same I guess. But then we would have to restore the shafts also (quite worn out). The nipples were not working and I had to drill them through again to make them work. Same with the hay here, very poor crop this year.. I think the "best" field was about 1 bale per hectare (very dry and stony field).
In the old days the red was "export" model and was made from better parts. Other colors were for the 'own - russian' market and not so much built for quality. I don't know how it is nowadays.
@@timoteipetrusan5357 The codes are on the old bearings typically, you can find them there. Most of the bearings are similar, just some rollers have different (as far as I remember).
