Combine side-shake control system slider joint

A combine comprising:

• a combine chassis;
• a sieve for separating crop material from other material, pivotably coupled to the combine chassis, located in a plane having an X dimension and a Y dimension and configured to:
• (i) move within the plane in a fore-aft direction in the X dimension, (ii) move within the plane in a side-to-side direction in the Y dimension and (iii) move outside of the plane in an up-down direction in a Z dimension;
• a side-shaking assembly coupled to the sieve via a fixed arm and a side-shaking coupling portion and configured to move the sieve in the side-to-side direction in the Y dimension, wherein
• the fixed arm is attached to the sieve and configured to move with the sieve in (i) the fore-aft direction in the X dimension, (ii) the side-to-side direction in the Y dimension and (iii) the up-down direction in the Z dimension;
• and
• the side-shaking coupling portion comprises a moving portion configured to move in a diagonal direction having a fore-aft component in the X dimension and an up-down component in the Z dimension.

A method for controlling up-down movement of a side-shaking assembly in a combine comprising:

• moving a sieve, located in a plane having an X dimension and a Y dimension, within the plane in a fore-aft direction in the X dimension, and out of the plane in an up-down direction in a Z dimension;
• moving the sieve, with a side-shaking assembly coupled to the sieve via a fixed arm and a side-shaking coupling portion, in a side-to-side direction in the Y dimension;
• causing a fixed arm, attached to the sieve, to move with the sieve in (i) the fore-aft direction in the X dimension, (ii) the side-to-side direction in the Y dimension and (iii) the up-down direction in the Z dimension;
• controlling a moving portion of a side-shaking coupling portion, coupled between the fixed arm and the side-shaking assembly, to move in a diagonal direction having a fore-aft component in the X dimension and an up-down component in the Z dimension.