Rear Wheel Noise

[ChuckCastiglione]

My 1994 L2350 4wd started making a screeching sound coming from the left rear wheel. Kinda sounds like a brake shoe spring fell off and if rubbing on a brake drum in a car. I've never had the rear wheels off. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Chuck

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I would say your most likely cause would be a bearing failure.
Jack up that side and spin the wheel and see what you have going on.

 

[CJCastiglione]

I would say your most likely cause would be a bearing failure.
Jack up that side and spin the wheel and see what you have going on.

I jacked up rearend and both rear wheels are off the ground. They spin freely and make no noise. When tractor is moving on the ground then I can feel a thud as the rear wheels rotate. The sceeching noise has mostly went away. There is no noticeable difference in how tractor runs. I just feel a thud in the seat coming from the rearend. No grinding or crunching sound. The thud happens at least once every wheel rotation. any thoughts?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I jacked up rearend and both rear wheels are off the ground. They spin freely and make no noise. When tractor is moving on the ground then I can feel a thud as the rear wheels rotate. The sceeching noise has mostly went away. There is no noticeable difference in how tractor runs. I just feel a thud in the seat coming from the rearend. No grinding or crunching sound. The thud happens at least once every wheel rotation. any thoughts?

Have you checked the Lug nuts?

But I'm still thinking you have a bearing issue.
The way the rear ends are built, sometimes if you take pressure off of the wheel, you can unload a bearing that's causing the problem, and that makes it tough to locate the issue.

 

[CJCastiglione]

Have you checked the Lug nuts?

But I'm still thinking you have a bearing issue.
The way the rear ends are built, sometimes if you take pressure off of the wheel, you can unload a bearing that's causing the problem, and that makes it tough to locate the issue.

Is the rearend lubricated by main hydraulic system? Or it seperate?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Is the rearend lubricated by main hydraulic system? Or it seperate?

Yes main hydraulic system.
Drain the fluid, then pull the filter screen and look for debris.

 

[CJCastiglione]

Lug nuts are tight