2400h , hope no damage

[Dan Lamb]

Good evening TBN`ers
I hope I didn`t mess my Tractor up , I have a 2018 Branson 2400h , The roads are slushy with some dirt showing and the road was on a slight down grade I had hst in Hi with IT in 4wd and IT started makin a pretty bad sound IT was not like a grinding sound hard to explain , when I took IT out of 4x4 IT quit but I am hopping Nothing GOT damaged . My question is are you not supposed to use 4x4 in high. IT has 116 hours on IT I will call Rob at Daves Tractor in Red Bluff Ca, If anyone has an idea where the noise could be coming from thank you in advance because I have owned my 2400 for 1 year and there is alot of experenced tractor owners on TBN that know far more than me , Thank You . Dan

 

[arnoldziffel]

Good Morning,

Is the sound high volume or kind of low background sound?

I would think you would usually not need 4 wheel drive in high range.
I think High is for "traveling" not working.

 

[Dan Lamb]

AZ
I used high because I had to walk IT about a mile and the road was slick an I didnt want to slide off side of road in ditch and LOW was way too slow , hope ITS OK because when I took IT out of 4x4 IT did quit , Sounded like a higher pitch Thanks for your input ,Dan

 

[Chaos USMC]

Hey Dan,

Was it a clicking or a grinding that could be correlated with the cyclic rotation of the front or back wheels? Was it originating from the front, or back?

Have you tried to duplicate the "problem" since?

Keep us posted.

 

[oldnslo]

Should be no problem with running in 4 wheel drive in either high or low range. Only time I have noticed any noise was when running on a surface with good traction. I had the front drive shaft input bearings fail on mine at low hours. Dealer replaced the whole front axle assembly under warranty. Might be something to check.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I've roaded mine down the road with the front diff engaged, in high range on the HST with no issues. Do you think there's a chance that maybe the heel of your foot might have kicked the engage lever part way out as you bounced down the road?

Have you tried it again once you got it home, to see if you could reproduce it?

 

[450]

I have roaded mine down the road in Hi 4X4 with no problem.

 

[radios1]

I've roaded mine down the road with the front diff engaged, in high range on the HST with no issues. Do you think there's a chance that maybe the heel of your foot might have kicked the engage lever part way out as you bounced down the road?

Have you tried it again once you got it home, to see if you could reproduce it?

that's not recommended on a dry road, as the front and rear will never run at exactly the same speed, usually, the front axle is the loser.. some slippage is needed..

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

that's not recommended on a dry road, as the front and rear will never run at exactly the same speed, usually, the front axle is the loser.. some slippage is needed..

Not recommended by WHO exactly?

My manual says nothing about not running it on pavement with the front end engaged. Only thing even remotely close is it says not to road it with the rear diff lock engaged, as it may make it unstable in a turn.

Sounds like horse feathers to me.

And it may be another month at this rate before our roads are DRY. Another blizzard coming tonight.

 

[radios1]

Not recommended by WHO exactly?

My manual says nothing about not running it on pavement with the front end engaged. Only thing even remotely close is it says not to road it with the rear diff lock engaged, as it may make it unstable in a turn.

Sounds like horse feathers to me.

And it may be another month at this rate before our roads are DRY. Another blizzard coming tonight.

one of many pages. Driveline bind, binding hubs, axle wind up, axle bind, drive line wind up - all terms for one thing: stress due to part time 4 wheel drive read this carefully, and follow the links. I knew about this in the '70's. also notice that you cannot take a full time 4wd out of 4wd.. so if you can do that with your tractor, you have part time 4wd..