How to Install an S.I. Belt Meter

The S.I. belt meter is a combine meter manufactured by the Ohio-based company S.I. Distributing Incorporated. Combines are large pieces of farm equipment that cuts large grains and then uses a threshing drum to separate grain from chaff. The grains is then sucked into a container for storage. The belt meter is used when the combine is in planting mode, to separate different grains and to make even rows. Combines come equipped with belt meters, but some farmers prefer to use after-market belt meters for precision planting.

Things You'll Need

• Wrench set

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Check that the combine is turned off.

   • 2

     Lift the access panel on the front driver's side of the combine. and locate the old belt meter on the left-hand side. It is metal and similar in shape to the number 7.

   • 3

     Use a wrench to remove the retaining bolts holding the old belt meter in place.

   • 4

     Hold the S.I. belt meter up to the mounting holes. Align the holes on the meter with the holes on the combine.

   • 5

     Slip the bolts through the mounting holes and tighten them with the wrench. Close the access panel.