When I drive my B7100 it squeaks what could it be? I doesn’t seem like the fan belt but I could be wrong it only squeaks while driving not on startup
B7100 Squeaking
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Donystoy
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Last time my B7200 squeaked it was the rear universal on the driveshaft for the front axle (4WD). If it in 4WD, turn it off and see if the noise changes.
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Your really asking a lot of us!
A noise, a squeak, is really hard for us to hear over a typed forum!
Get a video with good audio of it happening, load it up on YouTube and give us a link to actually hear the noise your trying to get us to figure out.
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Even if you do disengage the 4wd it's still goin to turn the Universal joint.
The disconnect is in the transmission so the driveshaft connected to the front keeps turning the joint.
It could also be the rear axle hubs squeaking on the shafts, or it could be loose lug nuts. As Wolf said, a squeak is impossible to determine without being in the presence of the tractor. You need a mechanically inclined friend who can walk beside the tractor as you drive it, to help pinpoint where its coming from.
Donystoy
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That is correct. In my case the noise made by the removal of the load on the universal joint greatly changed the sound.
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Bingo.Your really asking a lot of us!
A noise, a squeak, is really hard for us to hear over a typed forum!
Get a video with good audio of it happening, load it up on YouTube and give us a link to actually hear the noise your trying to get us to figure out.
Insufficient information for any reply other that WAG.
Since you have a loader and a backhoe you're in luck because your tractor is VERY easy to put on jackstands! You should inpsect the u joints on the front driveshaft, at the least.
With all 4 wheels in the air, if you apply the parking brake and leave the tractor in 4wd (engine off!) you should be able to see any play in those joints just by rotating a front wheel back and forth rapidly by hand. If you go slow it will just start spinning the other front wheel in the opposite direction, but if you rapidly move it back and forth you will start banging all the 'lash' in the drivetrain and you will see the wiggle in the ujoints. You have to put some kind of force across it either by hand or this way, because sitting at rest they almost all 'look' fine. You will have to remove a cover to see the u joint at the axle but i believe the one at the transmission is clearly visible from underneath the tractor.
With all 4 wheels in the air, if you apply the parking brake and leave the tractor in 4wd (engine off!) you should be able to see any play in those joints just by rotating a front wheel back and forth rapidly by hand. If you go slow it will just start spinning the other front wheel in the opposite direction, but if you rapidly move it back and forth you will start banging all the 'lash' in the drivetrain and you will see the wiggle in the ujoints. You have to put some kind of force across it either by hand or this way, because sitting at rest they almost all 'look' fine. You will have to remove a cover to see the u joint at the axle but i believe the one at the transmission is clearly visible from underneath the tractor.
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As others mentioned, it's tough to diagnose noises via descriptions. However, here's an old thread where the poster's printed words worked. Not saying it's related to your problem, but have always remembered it as a success story:
Wheel noise..errrnt, errrnt....
That is as close to sound affect I dare to travel. Anyway, my B7500 was making that noise from the right wheel. I thought it was a bearing or something. A call to the dealer let me make a quick fix. I removed the wheel and tightened down the nut that holds the wheel to its axel. The sound is...
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