Let's see your Gleaner

Few years ago vs now

Leaner, Meaner and a Gleaner !!

Got warm enough to clean them up...

Not our gleaners but a neat picture 20240912_153502.jpg

AC7060IL wrote: SteveM C/IL, nice F2. Does it have a G/M/L right side grain tank fabricated into it?

Edited by SteveM C/IL - 26 Dec 2024 at 9:22pm

At Rantol last year. Just got her unloaded. Was a lot of fun using her to take some corn off.

SteveM C/IL wrote: AC7060IL wrote: SteveM C/IL, nice F2. Does it have a G/M/L right side grain tank fabricated into it? I don't know the back story. Was this way when I bought it. It took a while before I realized it was extended. Whoever did it did a pretty decent job. I think they did something different with the bin loader elevator side as well. My elevator is inside the bin and I think OEM had it on the outside. Not sure on that one. Had trouble with left side final axle nut coming loose as Mack said would happen when overloaded LOL. After looking at it I think the bin extension is moved to the outside of elevator VS inside of elevator.

Either of the M/L’s lower rear clean grain cross auger/right side elevator to grain tank would match your F2’s fab. Both of those items could then be chain driven from combine’s left fan shaft with probably a double sprocket? One sprocket to drive grain shoe eccentric which in turn drives most of right side rattle, walkers, beater, & return. And another sprocket to drive/speed up the fabricated M/L clean grain auger/elevator. The F2’s OEM clean grain drive was driven from “a way too slow” rattle chain that was positioned on it’s right side. OEM Clean grain elevator was on left side exterior of grain tank. That was the F2’s Achilles Heel… as it’s 40” cylinder could easily out-thresh it’s slow elevator’s inability to lift the excess threshed grain to grain tank.

Edited by AC7060IL - Yesterday at 8:49am

Awesome. So I gotta ask,,,what’s your F2’s grain tank bushel capacity? And how did you overcome its Left final drive nut issue? Thinking about it operating in a loaded grain tank state, it’s right final drive would be more weighted to ground. If that’s true, then that means trans’ differential directed more torque to lighter left final drive?

It seems to be around 100bu less than 18% corn. The finals just have a nut setting bearing clearance. It does not draw against a spacer or anything so the left side tries to turn the nut loose just from direction of rotation and it shears the flimsy pin in the castle nut. Don't remember if it's a cotter or roll pin. Mack said to drill hole out and put a 1/4 inch? roll pin in it. I cleaned it well and used Loctite stud and bearing with a new pin and so far so good. It's been several years. I pulled it apart a couple years ago because it was leaking out the seal and that's what it did when it first sheared and loosened up. Nut was tight on threads so I put it back together. Don't know why it leaked but it quit.

Edited by SteveM C/IL - 18 hours 7 minutes ago at 2:31pm