John Deere 568 and 578 round balers service schedule

1. Stop the engine, take the key out and wait for everything to stop.
2. Grease every roll bearing nipple (568 and 578 each have their own list in the handbook diagram), straight after work while the bearings are warm.
3. Grease the Powerline shaft and the rotary feeder pickup nipples. If you have the extended greasing interval Powerline, grease it every 50 hours instead and give it a full service every 250 hours or yearly.

Tools: Grease gun, Rag

1. Stop the engine and take the key out. Do not lubricate a chain with the baler running.
2. Remove the shield. Oil the chain generously straight after work while it is still warm, so the oil penetrates.
3. Refit the shield.

Tools: Oil can, Spanner for the shield

1. Stop the engine and take the key out. Keep your hands out of the twine arm path.
2. Grease the net tying device pivots (standard net tying or single arm twine tying), or the twine arm and link pins (double arm twine tying).
3. Grease the pickup gauge wheel.

Tools: Grease gun, Rag

1. Relieve the pressure and look over every hose for rubbing, cuts and leaks. Use cardboard, never your fingers, to find a leak.
2. Replace damaged hoses. Replace all hoses every 6 years.

Tools: Piece of cardboard (to find leaks, never your hand), Safety glasses

1. Park level. Undo the level plug: the oil should be up to the bore of the plug.
2. Top up through the refill plug if low. Do not overfill because it overheats and leaks.

Tools: Spanner for the level plug

1. Drain the oil while it is hot, straight after work. Pull out the refill plug and the drain plug and drain into a tray.
2. Clean the drain plug and refit it. Add 1.7 L of oil: this is the amount that comes up to the level plug bore.
3. Refit the plugs. The breather on top must be clear.

Tools: Drain tray, Spanner

1. Stop the engine and take the key out. Open the net cover.
2. Grease the pivots shown in the handbook for your net tying device type.
3. Keep grease off the rubber feed roll.

Tools: Grease gun

1. Stop the engine, take the key out and relieve the hydraulic pressure.
2. Unscrew the filter, fit the new one and check for leaks when the system is running.

Tools: Rag, Drain tray

1. Support the baler on stands. Remove the wheels, clean the bearings, repack with grease and adjust them.
2. Refit the wheels. Tighten the wheel nuts to 115 N·m (no brake) or 210 N·m (with brake). Check again after the first hour.
3. Grease the bale shape indicator Bowden cables and the baler tongue as shown in the handbook.

Tools: Axle stands, Wheel brace and torque wrench, Grease gun

1. Check the gear case oil up to the check plug level.
2. Take the oil off the chains and lubricate the complete machine, which forces any moisture out of the bearings.
3. Check the tyre pressures, tighten all bolts, nuts and set screws and check the baler settings.
4. Wipe the net feed rolls clean. Never use solvent on rubber feed rolls. Check the net knife is sharp.

Tools: Grease gun, Oil can, Tyre gauge

1. Look at the reservoir level before work and fill with BIO-MULTILUBER-OIL only.
2. Reservoir sizes: 4 L (up to S.N. 48999), 2 L (S.N. 50000 to 58999), 4 L (from S.N. 60000).
3. From S.N. 50000, clean the oil reservoir filter as needed. Up to S.N. 49999, change the lubrication system oil filter each year (drain the tank, lift it off, turn it over to reach the filter).

Tools: Funnel