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Old 02-20-2022, 06:13 PM
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Default Squealing around PTO while on low throttle

So I drove my 2155 over to my neighbors earlier today and just parked it while we talked. I turned the throttle down low and just left it idling. It sounded fine, he even commented on how good it sounds after the recent tune up.

Then we started hearing a faint squealing noise. I opened the hood and it seems to be coming from where the front shaft connects to the PTO. I turned the throttle up and the noise went away.

Later after I drove back home, parked, and lowered the throttle to a low idle, I heard it again. Raised the throttle and it went away. It's not an ear-bleeding squeal, more of a low noise that goes away once the throttle is ramped up.

Is the PTO clutch going bad? Or could it need some kind of lubrication?
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Old 02-20-2022, 07:14 PM
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I'd be looking at the drive belt idler pulley.
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Old 02-20-2022, 07:58 PM
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Since this tractor doesn't have a drive belt, do you mean the PTO mule drive pulleys? But I didn't have the PTO engaged when hearing the noise, so those wouldn't have been a factor..
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Old 02-20-2022, 08:55 PM
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My Bad,
I looked up what I thought was a 2155 and it showed it was a belt drive.
Apologies are in order.
Since the noise seems to be coming from the pto area,
on the older tractors I'm familiar with, the PTO would be a good place to look.
sometimes a little grease injected under the bearing seal lip with a diabetic syringe, will allow the bearing to last a long time.
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Old 02-20-2022, 09:15 PM
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No apologies needed George, we can't be human if we don't slip a bit now and again lol. I'll try to shoot some grease down in the PTO clutch and see if that helps. I've greased every fitting I could find that had a zerk, but didn't see one on the PTO.
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Old 02-20-2022, 11:34 PM
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No apologies needed George, we can't be human if we don't slip a bit now and again lol. I'll try to shoot some grease down in the PTO clutch and see if that helps. I've greased every fitting I could find that had a zerk, but didn't see one on the PTO.
There's not one, but these work.

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