To tighten the belts on a Massey Ferguson 450 round baler, first ensure the baler is turned off and safely parked. Locate the tension adjustment bolts, typically found on the idler pulleys or the main frame, and use a wrench to turn them clockwise to increase belt tension. Check the belt alignment and tension by observing the belts while manually rotating the baler, ensuring they sit evenly on the pulleys. Adjust as necessary until the belts are properly tensioned and aligned.
To fix a baler, first identify the issue by inspecting components such as the belts, chains, and hydraulic systems for wear or damage. Replace or tighten any broken or loose parts as needed. Ensure that the baler's settings are properly adjusted for the material being baled, and check for any blockages in the feeding mechanism. Finally, consult the manufacturer's manual for specific troubleshooting steps and safety precautions.
Lift the back end up and get the baler belts moving to expel the bale, all using the controls from the tractor seat.
To address the issue of belts sliding on the roller and allowing hay to push up between them, first, ensure the tension of the belts is properly adjusted to maintain consistent contact with the roller. Regularly inspect the belts for wear and replace them if necessary. Additionally, consider using friction-enhancing materials on the rollers or adjusting the alignment of the belts to prevent slippage. Implementing these measures can help minimize plugging and improve overall baler efficiency.
Depends on which car and which belts.
Tighten the belts
Needs to be posted in the auto section.
There is a Tensioner Pulley that you have adjust in order to tighten the belt. There is another hex bolt that can be screwed in or out depending on how you want to tighten or losen the belts. Adjust it until prefered tension is reached.
Your idler should keep the belts tight. I've had to change my tension idler on my 1997 gtp
Loosen the belts, unbolt the old alternator, bolt the new one on, tighten the belts back up.
With a round hay baler. The baler is powered by the tractor through the PTO, an electrical control box, and hydraulics, which enables the operator full control over the baler. The tractor moves along the swath of hay, and the revolving pick-up cylinder picks up the swath and moves it into the baler chamber. In the baler chamber, the chains or belts move like a constant pulley system (there is more than one: bottom, top, and the two sides) rolling the hay, as it enters the chamber, into a cylinder. The cylindrical hay bale grows until it cannot expand anymore inside the baler. The size limit sensors in the baler go through to the control box in the tractor, often through audio alert, and the operator either keeps going until he can judge when the bale is big enough and/or until he sees it is nice and tightly packed enough inside the baler to let stop and let it out. But, before he lets it out, he has to stop first and, with the control box, apply the strings or netting to the bale. There is no need to worry about tying, as the baler machine does it automatically. Once the bale has been entwined (literally), the tractor and baler powers down, stopping the movement of the belts and pick-up wheel in/on the baler, then the operator lifts the back end of the baler (with the control box in the tractor of course, not manually), and initiates the belts or chains to eject the bale out of the baler. The back door closes, the baler power ups again, and resumes creating another bale. This process repeats until the operator has to quit because of one of four things: 1) the baler gets plugged up (most commonly in the pick-up shaft) 2) it starts to rain 3) it gets too late in the evening and the hay starts to, what we call, "toughen up." 4) he finished baling up the hay field
By replacing the belt tensioner, this is a serpentine belt systems there is no adjusting the alternator bolt tighten the drive belts, if the belts are loose you must replace the belt tensioner and the belt to retain optimum performance from you Charging sytem as well as you other equipment being driven by the belt system.
Check your belts for tightness or glazed edges. If the belts are loose, tighten them. If the edges are glazed, either break the glaze with a piece of scotch brite or replace the belts if they are worn.