ETD66SS
Gold Member
Last weekend I was doing some brush hogging, I normally wear ear plugs when doing this, so don't hear some sounds. When I got done I parked the tractor for the day. A few days later I wanted to move the tractor as well as disconnect the brush hog.
I didn't use ear plugs because I was just moving it a short distance. When I started driving, not only did I hear a clunk in the LH rear axle, but I could feel it as well. It was a pretty good metallic clunk, once per revolution of the rear tire. I was driving with the brush hog's rear wheel down, I thought maybe that was it, so I lifted it completely off the ground, that didn't resolve the clunking sound.
Next I tried engaging/disengaging the differential lock, still hear/felt the clunk. Then I slammed on the brakes a few times, still had the clunk. I drove to where I wanted to drop off the brush hog, so I removed it and did a test drive, the noise was gone.
I don't think this was a noise that had anything to do with the brush hog, the PTO was off, and it didn't feel/sound like a noise coming from the lift arms or anything like that.
I can't replicate the noise now, and I guess it has me a bit freaked out as to what it could be. It really did sound/feel like a deep mechanical/metallic clunk coming from the LH rear axle housing.
Any ideas?
I didn't use ear plugs because I was just moving it a short distance. When I started driving, not only did I hear a clunk in the LH rear axle, but I could feel it as well. It was a pretty good metallic clunk, once per revolution of the rear tire. I was driving with the brush hog's rear wheel down, I thought maybe that was it, so I lifted it completely off the ground, that didn't resolve the clunking sound.
Next I tried engaging/disengaging the differential lock, still hear/felt the clunk. Then I slammed on the brakes a few times, still had the clunk. I drove to where I wanted to drop off the brush hog, so I removed it and did a test drive, the noise was gone.
I don't think this was a noise that had anything to do with the brush hog, the PTO was off, and it didn't feel/sound like a noise coming from the lift arms or anything like that.
I can't replicate the noise now, and I guess it has me a bit freaked out as to what it could be. It really did sound/feel like a deep mechanical/metallic clunk coming from the LH rear axle housing.
Any ideas?