Older Gleaner Finger Guide Differences

My CII has what I suspect are aftermarket guides on the pickup and feeder beater fingers, as they don't match the AGCO parts book. Most of the ones in my machine are gone from rats or are too brittle for the rats to be interested in them, so I need to replace all of them.

You haven't been able to buy the 2 piece for 40 years or more.

My F2 has the plastic ones in platform conveyor. They are kind of fragile. You can squish the hole apart with too much tightening. I use Loctite on threads and snug firmly. I just replaced some this fall. My help was running machine and I was standing on end as she finished the through. SOMETHING DON'T SOUND RIGHT!!! The help never knows something is wrong by the sound. Let's call it inexperience. 2 completely missing on platform with fingers rattling! I usually rub the clutch and roll machine over while looking for guide trouble first of each day but I wasn't driving and can't remember everything to tell everybody.

Edited by SteveM C/IL - 21 Dec 2024 at 10:43pm

I thought the rubberish ones used a shoulder bolt to prevent overtightening

That explains it! I thought they were shoulder bolts but these are not. Must have been shoulder bolts on the A2. I've not touched the F2 conveyor as I had dealer put new ones in when I bought it.

Like SteveM (cIL) stated earlier, the plastic guides often break & probably get ingested by machine? If you quickly catch a missing guide, their replacement is minimal effort. Let it go too long & you could be refabing the mounting area that becomes bent-in from constant bashing.

Maybe look for the cast metal replacement guides offered by AGCO? They are pricier, louder during operation, but will last a long time.

AC7060IL wrote: Like SteveM (cIL) stated earlier, the plastic guides often break & probably get ingested by machine? If you quickly catch a missing guide, their replacement is minimal effort. Let it go too long & you could be refabing the mounting area that becomes bent-in from constant bashing. Maybe look for the cast metal replacement guides offered by AGCO? They are pricier, louder during operation, but will last a long time.

My A2 had plastic in both conveyor and beater. Did about 40A corn per year for 19yrs without much trouble. Just had to keep eye on them. My F2 has steel guides in beater with larger fingers. It is a corn/soy special.  I think it's 5/8 VS 1/2. Has around 4000 engine hours and has done the same 40A corn per year for 24 yrs and while there is wear on the fingers and steel guides it's not that much. The tips are worn worse that the shanks.