I need help analyzing an intermittent noise coming from my E20
please. It only happens when moving, then only in reverse, and only
when the tractor is experiencing a load (backing up a grade, pulling
something in reverse,etc), even then not always. It is hard to
locate the source as I have to be on the tractor driving instead of
moving my ear around down low! I had my wife back it up a grade as
I crawled around it. It's coming from the rear (makes sense as there
are no spinning parts up front other than 2 wheels). Now, the sound
is like putting an axe blade to an old foot pedal slow-spinning
grindstone for sharpening. Yeah, almost exactly like that. Or to
put it in context of the E20, as if the transaxle sheave is touching
the frame and grinding away (not happenin' though). I thought
about something metallic intermittently touching the disc brake
rotor but the sound seems to be from the other side of the
transaxle. Gotta be inside the transaxle I fear. Any similar
experiences?
Mike
PS, as an update, yesterday I tried and tried to make the noise and
nothing. I have heard it up till yesterday several consecutive
days. It is so ominous that I hate to even run the tractor when it's
acting up; but yesterday, not a sound.
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