Claas Commandor 228 CS Operator’s Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD

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Claas Commandor 228 CS Operator’s Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD

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Claas Commandor 228 CS Operator’s Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD

Introduction :

This manual is intended to give the machine operator information on setting, using and servicing the COMMANOOR 228 CS. Text and pictures apply. in general, to all four combine models and the information given applies equally, except where reference is made to a particular model in captions to the pictures or in the main text.

• Operation and maintenance of important ancillary equipment is also covered by this manual. Please read the instructions which apply to the appropriate ancillary equipment on your combine.
• Provided you follow the advice on the care and servicing of your machine you will be rewarded with reliable and long service from your Combine Harvester.
• We recommend that you allow your authorized CL.AAS Dealer to carry out the regular maintenance. Omissions of parts of the maintenance schedule or incorrect operation lead to a drop in performance and cost valuable time.
• By correct servicing and operation you can make full use of our sound experience and of the latest technical knowledge in Combine Harvesting with which your combine has been designed and thereby insure reliability of your Combine Harvester.

This Operator’s Book can be ordered from your CL.AAS Dealer as well as the manuals listed below:
• Threshing Instructions for special crops.
• Fitting and Operating Instructions for ancillary equipment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Claas Commandor 228 CS Operator’s Manual – PDF DOWNLOAD

Important 5
Identification plate, combine serial number,
engine number, 10
cutterbar serial number,
6 00 m – 9 00 m cutterbars/rice cutterbar
soybean cutterbar, 11
maize picker head, serial number of maize picker head,
6-row folding maize picker head,
serial number of maize picker head stalk chopper 12
cab serial number cutterbar trailer 13
Safety rules 14
1 General information
Specifications COMMANDOR 228 CS 1 1
Safety features 1 8
Sectional view of combine 1 9
Description and function of the combine 1 10
Considerations before combining 1 11
2 Prior to operation
Before using the machine make these
checks and follow the instructions 2 1
Operator’s platform 2 3 –
Cab 2 4
Cab with ventilating system 2 5
Cab with ventilating system and heating 2 5
Cab with ventilating system and conditioner 2 5
Putting the air conditioner into operation 2 6
Steering column 2 7
Vehicle information unit 2 8
Function of vehicle information unit 2 9
Operations display screen 2 10
Function of operation display 2 11
Switch console and multi-function lever 2 12
Multi-fuction lever 2 13
Central terminal compartment 2 13
Plug-in type module (P) CLAAS Autopilot 2 14
Grain tank discharge tube – swinging out and in 2 14
Grain tank discharge engagement
and disengagement 2 15
Threshing mechanism and cutterbar drive –
engagement and disengagement 2 15
Adjusting the threshing drum speed 2 16 A
Positioning the cutterbar/maize picker head •
for road travel 2 16
Adjusting the steering column position 2 16
Driver’s seat adjustment 2 17
kxess ladder 2 17
Front ladder 2 17
Horizontal ladder ex1ension 2 18
Rear ladder 2 18
Driving the combine 2 19
Automatic engine cut-off 2 19
Starting the engine 2 20
Reduced speed-no load (R) 2 21
Gear ranges, machines with
hydrostatic ground drive 2 21
Stopping the combine, hydrostatic
ground drive machines 2 21
Driving behavior 2 22
Steering • 2 22
Brakes • 2 22
Stopping the engine • 2 23
Machines with automatic engine cutt-off 2 23
Rear axle 2 23
Cutterbar hydraulic cylinders 2 24
Attaching the cutterbar hydraulic cylinders 2 24
Attaching the R/H cutterbar cylinder 2 24
Attaching a third hydraulic cylinder 2 25
Towing the combine 2 25
Forward 2 25
Backward • 2 25
Safety Lock • 2 26
Fire Extinguisher • 2 26
Tilting the railing of the walkway 2 26
Wheel chock 2 26
Grain tank 2 27
3 Basic adjustment and operation
Cutterbar 3
Dividers 3
Outer deflector • 3 1
Inner deflector 3 1
Grain lifters 3 2
Knife 3 2
Removing the knife 3 2
Installing the knife 3 3
Adjusting the height of the knife 3 3
Adjusting the knife clips 3 3
Spare knife 3 4
Knife drive 3 4
Cutterbar skids 3 4
Reel 3 5
Reel tines 3 5
Reel drive 3 5
Fore and aft reel adjustment 3 6
Reel variable speed drive 3 7
Main table auger 3 8
Adjusting position of auger fingers 3 8
Feeder housing • 3 9
Cutterbar reverse drive 3 10
Attaching the cutterbar 3 10
Machines with CLAAS Auto Contour 3 10
Setting the correct position of the
hydraulic cylinders 3 11
Attaching the universal drive shaft 3 12
Connecting hydraulic hoses 3 12
Connecting the cables 3 12
Attaching the cutterbar 3 13
Machine without Auto Contour 3 13
Attaching the universal drive shaft 3 13
Connecting hydraulic hoses 3 14
Connecting the cables 3 14
Levelling the cutterbar 3 14
Installing the stands 3 15
CLAAS Auto Contour
Automatic cutting height control and
lateral levelling system 3 16
Cutterbar automatic pre-set height 3 18
Setting the float springs of the cutterbar 3 19
Checking cutterbar float springs and checking
feeder house suspension for smooth movement 3 19
Setting the cutting height indicator 3 20
Adjusting stop (Q) 3 20
Cutterbar spring pressure indicator 3 20
Adjusting drop rate of the cutterbar 3 20
Putting the CLAAS Auto Contour System into
operation 3 21
Operation with maize picker head 3 22
Programming the CLAAS Auto Contour System 3 22
Putting the pre-set height system of the
cutterbar into operation 3 23
CLAAS Contour System (ground pressure controQ 3 24
Setting the cutterbar ground pressure 3 25
Putting the CLAAS Contour System into operation 3 25
CLAAS cutterbar pre-set height 3 27
Putting the cutterbar pre-set height system 3 27
into operation 2 27
Cutterbar adjusting range 3 28
Cutting height adjustment range 3 28
Clearance height 3 28
Cutterbar clutch 3 29
Engaging and disengaging the cutterbar 3 29
Threshing mechanism and forced separation 3 30
Stone trap 3 30
Engaging and disengaging the threshing
mechanism 3 30
Threshing concave adjustment 3 31
Basic setting with various types of
threshing concaves 3 32
Basic rules for concave-to-drum
clearance settings 3 34
Threshing drum 3 34
Cleaning the threshing parts 3 35
Threshing drum speed 3 35
Adjusting the threshing drum speed 3 36
Threshing drum speed display 3 36
Threshing drum two-step variable speed drive 3 36
Slow speed threshing drum kit 3 37
Disawning 3 37
Unslugging the threshing drum 3 38
Separation cylinders 3 39
Drive to separation cylinders 3 40
Speed diagramm 3 40
Separation concaves 3 41
Arrangement of separation concaves • 3 43
Guide plate 3 44
warning signal 3 44
Cleaning • 3 45
Sieve pan 3 45
Preparation floor • 3 45
Cleaning fan • 3 46
Electrical fan speed adjustment 3 46
Fan speed display 3 46
Additional wind-controlled cleaning step 3 47
Adjusting the deflector in the primary air duct 3 47
Adjusting the windboard 3 47
Adjusting the frogmouth sieves 3 48
Hillside riser plates 3 48
Lower sieve 3 48
Removing upper sieve 3 49
Installation of upper sieve 3 49
Removing lower sieve • 3 49
Installing lower sieve 3 49
3-D cleaning system • 3 50
Returns • 3 50
Combine performance monitor 3 51
Adjusting monitor to crop type 3 53
Adjusting sensitiv’rty of the sensors 3 53
Grain delivery 3 54
Auger and auger troughs • 3 54
Elevators 3 54
Adjusting tension of elevator chains 3 55
Grain tank 3 56
Filling the grain tank • 3 56
Unloading the tank 3 57
Discharge tube 3 57
Swinging the discharge tube out and in 3 58
Grain tank discharge – engage and disengage 3 58
Clean-out door on grain tank discharge tube 3 59
Drive to grain tank discharge augers 3 59
Shear bolt – grain tank discharge 3 59
Lateral auger drive 3 59
Grain tank fill indicator 3 60
Straw chopper • 3 60
Before using the straw chopper for the
first time, check • 3 61
Putting the straw chopper into operation 3 61
Adjusting spreading width 3 62
Electric deflector adjustment 3 63
Adjusting the deflectors 3 63
Adjusting the length of cut • 3 63
Adjusting cross knife 3 64
Changing the straw chopper to out-of-work
for windrowing straw 3 64
Hitching the cutterbar trailer to the combine 3 65
Sieve chart 3 67
Suggested combine adjustments 3 68
Special notes on threshing various crops 3 74
Special threshing equipment and ancillary equipment 3 75
Maize concave 3 75
Corn cob mix equipment (CCM) 3 75
Sieves 3 75
Special rasp bars 3 75
Fan shutters for combining grass seed and
other special crops 3 76
Protective guards for fan, augers and elevators 3 76
Maize picker head 3 76
CL AAS Autopilot 3 76
Soybean head/cutterbar 3 77
Transport trailers • 3 77
Rice threshing equipment 3 77
Special crop divider 3 77
Sunflower cutterbar 3 78
CL AAS straw spreader • 3 78
CL AAS chaff spreader 3 78
CL AAS Fieldwork Computer 3 79
V\/ork lights • 3 79
4 Maintenance
Important maintenance instructions 4 1
Maintenance schedule • 4 3
Lubricants chart • 4 6
Hydraulic system • 4 8
Lift hydraulic system 4 8
Adjusting the pump drive belt 4 8
Checking the oil level 4 8
Changing hydraulic oil • 4 8
Cleaning the screen filter _ 4 9
Replacing the paper filter _ 4 9
Bleeding the hydraulic steering system 4 10
Bleeding the reel cylinder • 4 10
Bleeding the hydraulic cylinders for cutterbar
lateral levelling 4 11
SAUER hydrostatic ground drive system 4 12
Hydraulic oil change 4 12
Checking the level of the oil 4 13
Hydrostatic pump adjustment 4 13
Foot brakes/brake fluid 4 13
Gear shift control adjustment 4 14
Transmission and gearboxes • 4 14
Change-speed transmission 4 14
Final drives 4 14
Planetary gears of rear wheel drive system 4 15
CL AAS 4-Trac System 4 15
Knife drive casing 4 15
Threshing drum two-step variable speed drive 4 16
Grain tank 4 16
Changing variable speed belts 4 17
Removal and installation of drum variable speed belt 4 17
Removal and installation of fan variable speed belt 4 18
Threshing mechanism drive adjustment 4 19
Cutterbar drive adjustment 4 20
Adjusting belt-operated clutch of grain tank discharge 4 21
Hydrostatic ground drive adjustment 4 22
Adjusting the step pulley drive for separation cylinders 4 23
Adjusting the drives for the separation cylinders 4 24
Compressor type air conditioning 4 25
Tensioning the compressor drive belt 4 25
Cleaning the evaporator 4 25
Cleaning the condenser 4 26
Replacing the filter receiver drier by a new one 4 26
Compressor-type conditioner system preventive •
maintenance during prolonged shut-down 4 27
Putting the compressor-type air conditioner
system into operation 4 27
Maintenance work before the harvest 4 27
Cab 4 28
Cleaning the filter 4 28
Cleaning the units located in the cab roof 4 28
Tilting the cab 4 29
Basic speed of machine 4 30
Checking basic speed of machine 4 30
Functions monitor 4 30
Setting the magnetic pick-ups 4 30
Fire extinguisher 4 31
Straw chopper 4 31
Changing the free-swinging knives 4 31
Changing the stationary knives 4 32
Turning the rotor with the special tool • 4 32
Adjusting the spring-loaded cylinder of the
tensioning device 4 32
Adjusting the spring-loaded cylinder on
intermediate drive unit 4 33 •
Problem, cause or remedy 4 34
Cutterbar 4 34
Threshing equipment 4 35
Cylinder system separation 4 36
Cleaning 4 37
3-D cleaning unit 4 37
Returns • 4 37
Elevators • 4 38
Grain tank 4 38
Grain losses 4 38
Compressor-type air conditioner • 4 40
Winter storage instructions for combines 4 41
5 Engines
Mercedes OM 443 5
Fuel feed system 5 1
Fuel tank 5 2
Water trap/fuel pre-filter 5 2
Fuel sediment bowl 5 3
Fuel filter 5 3
Bleeding the fuel system 5 4
Checking engine oil level 5 4
Engine oil change 5 4
Oil filter 5 5
Filling the engine oil 5 6
Tensioning V-belts 5 6
Tensioning the alternator belt 5 6
Cooling system 5 7
Coolant 5 7
Filling the cooling system 5 7
Overpressure 5 8
Protection against corrosion 5 9
Warning notice 5 9
Cooling water temperature • 5 9
Rotary radiator screen 5 10
Vacuum fan 5 10
Folding up the rotary radiator screen 5 10
Swinging up the oil cooler 5 11
Cleaning the oil cooler 5 11
Cleaning the water cooler 5 11
Dry-type air cleaner 5 11
Warning device 5 11
Cleaning the air cleaner intake screen 5 12
Cleaning the air cleaner 5 12
Cleaning the dry-type air cleaner with dust
extractor unit 5 12
Dry-type air cleaner with safety filter cartridge 5 13
Batteries 5 14
Batteries and cable connections 5 15
Colour code 5 15
Alternator 5 15
Engine problems, cause or remedy 5 16
Battery 5 17
Engine winter storage 5 18
6 Wiring diagrams
7 Auxiliary equipment
8 Special notes
Lubrication Chart supplied extra

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• This is the SAME exact manual used by your dealers to fix your vehicle.
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