This spring tine is the finger that sweeps crop material from the combine header’s auger or reel, preventing wrap-around and ensuring consistent feeding into the intake. It mounts to the header’s tine bar and flexes as it contacts the crop, then returns to its original position. A broken or fatigued tine leaves a gap in the sweep pattern, allowing material to accumulate on the drum and reducing throughput. The original manufacturer’s geometry matches the tine-bar hole spacing and the required spring rate for the header’s operating speed.