Land Pride RTR0550, RTR0542 manual Troubleshooting, Table of Contents, Problem, Cause, Solution

Land Pride Table of Contents

Section 7: Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Solution
Machine makes	Loose tines	Tighten tines
intermittent clicking noise	Gearbox tooth damaged	Replace damaged gear
	Chain damaged	Replace damaged chain link
Driveline vibrates	Worn universal joint	Replace universal joint
	Excessive trash wrapped on rotor	Remove trash
	Machine lifted too high	Lower machine and readjust tractor lift stop
Gearbox noise is	May be normal on new machine	Allow time for break-in
noticeable and constant	Low oil level	Add oil
	Worn gears	Replace gears
Oil leaking from gearbox	Damaged seals or gaskets	Replace seals or gaskets
	Gearbox overfilled	Drain to proper level
Rotor will not turn	PTO not engaged	Engage PTO
	Broken drive chain	Repair drive chain
	Driveline shearbolt sheared	Replace shearbolt
	Friction clutch slipping	Reduce load to tiller
Tillage depth insufficient	Tiller carried by tractor	Lower tractor 3-point arms
	Insufficient power	Increase tractor rpm
	Skid Shoes need adjusting	Adjust skid shoes
	Worn or bent tines	Replace tines
	Tines incorrectly installed	Check tine placement
	Obstacles entangled in tines and/or rotor	Clear rotor and/or tines
	Lower hitch clevises on tiller in wrong position	Relocate lower hitch clevises
Soil texture too coarse	Rear deflector too high	Lower rear deflector
	PTO speed too slow	Increase PTO speed
	Ground speed too fast	Decrease ground speed
Soil texture too fine	Rear deflector too low	Raise rear deflector
	Ground speed too slow	Increase Ground Speed
Machine skips or leaves	Badly worn tines	Replace worn tines
crop residue	Friction clutch slipping	Reduce load
	Ground speed too fast for conditions	Reduce ground speed
Tines balling up with soil	Worn or bent tines	Replace tines
	Tines incorrectly installed	Install tines correctly
	Rear deflector too low	Raise rear deflector
	Tractor speed too fast	Decrease tractor speed
	Soil too wet	Wait until soil dries
Tiller bumping on ground	Obstacles entangled in tines and/or rotor	Clear rotor and/or tines
	Tines not installed correctly	Install tines correctly

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