BX2200 leaning to left

[JWR]

Well, for sure it is unrelated to the front axle! The front axle is pivoted in the middle and can tilt either way freely so there is no such thing as it causing "leaning." If it leans it therefore has to be rear axle or tire related. Like PeterK, I wonder if the cab mount is slightly off rather than the whole chassis leaning. Wheel bearings ? No, I can't see that having any effect at all. Tires? If in fact your whole chassis leans then tires is the first place to look. I know you said they are proper size and all that. HOWEVER, I have bought front tires for my BX2200 which had identical markings, types, numbers and designations. The originals were "flat" when viewed looking across the tread while the replacement was instead rounded or "humped." If that same oddball difference existed with rear tires it would probably give you some tilt or leaning. Did you buy it new or used ? Has the sheet metal ever been pulled off for repairs, etc. ? Like Grandad4 I would think the metal bolts onto the frame as does the rear axle without "slotted holes" so that must not be the cause.

 

[arkydog]

switch rear tires and see if it still leans same direction. see if both rear tires have the same height when off and no weight on them. put a level from tire to tire to serif it is level. level the tractor when on jack stands by putting wood shims on stands. then install tires and see which tire has the most height off floor. if you have to add more air to one tire and decrease the other till level. measure garage floor for level and move tractor to another location on floor and observe. used to do car and truck frame alignments. if you have to take year axle out and shim it to align.

when originally manufactured, a piece of casting could be causing the problem. just a matter of how far you are willing to take this.

 

[Dataway]

After further examination ... yes, a small amount of the lean is coming from the new tire on the left which has not "puffed up" as much as the old, dry rotted one on the right ...

And.... I am very embarrassed to admit it, but, the tires have chains on them .... it appears the right side tire was sitting on a couple of the chain cross links whereas the left was sitting between the chain cross links ... duhhh

I pulled it out into the drive and it appears pretty much level now.

As Rosanna Rosannadanna used to say .... "Never mind"

Thanks for the suggestions though.

JohnnyB

 

[JWR]

After further examination ... yes, a small amount of the lean is coming from the new tire on the left which has not "puffed up" as much as the old, dry rotted one on the right ...

And.... I am very embarrassed to admit it, but, the tires have chains on them .... it appears the right side tire was sitting on a couple of the chain cross links whereas the left was sitting between the chain cross links ... duhhh

I pulled it out into the drive and it appears pretty much level now.

As Rosanna Rosannadanna used to say .... "Never mind"

Thanks for the suggestions though.

JohnnyB

That's OK. We've all been embarrassed at some point. Of course the chains were the source of the puzzle BUT it sounds like one of the rear tires is different age than the other one. (Brand differ?) I mentioned before that I have two FRONT tires that have identical numbers, designations, size, etc. yet one is "round topped" and the other is very flat topped. My guess is there are those kinds of differences between brands and maybe even between molds in use one year and ones in use 5 years later, etc.

 

[Kubota 2350]

After further examination ... yes, a small amount of the lean is coming from the new tire on the left which has not "puffed up" as much as the old, dry rotted one on the right ...

And.... I am very embarrassed to admit it, but, the tires have chains on them .... it appears the right side tire was sitting on a couple of the chain cross links whereas the left was sitting between the chain cross links ... duhhh

I pulled it out into the drive and it appears pretty much level now.

As Rosanna Rosannadanna used to say .... "Never mind"

Thanks for the suggestions though.

JohnnyB

The main thing is you found the problem, and now it's fixed.

 

[Dataway]

I love it when you can "fix" something by driving it a few feet and eyeballing it again .... wish everything was that easy

 

[topbuilder]

"My BX2200 leans a few degrees to the left .... "

I would do what ever it took to correct that. I once re-fletched a dozen brand new arrows because they were mistakenly shipped with a left twist

 

[worm]

Glad it wasn't a big deal for you. My buddy has a bx2670, after about 3 years he noticed the wear bar on his fel was worn a lot on 1 side and not another after pushing snow on concrete. He checked tire pressure and it was the same on both rear wheels. Still was about 1in. different right to left on the outer edge of the fel wear bar. After a lot of measuring several points, we found out the rear tires, at the same psi, one tire was sitting taller than the other one. One tire was about 1" larger in diameter than the other. Remember the radius is all the tractor sees, so 1/2" Radius or so difference gets to be a bigger distance as measured farther from center measuring hight, such as measuring at the corners of the fel blade. He got a new tire that was the same diameter as one of his origionals. Yes he took his tires with him so he could get one that was the same size. All is level now