BX24 HST noise normal

[FishAlaska]

Is it normal to hear whining and various levels of noise when operating an HST depending on the load. It sure sounds like gears wearing on each other.

 

[ourplace_Tn]

Fishalaska,
I sure hope it's normal, mine is doing the same thing.

 

[Berniep]

I hear various levels of whine depending on the load its under at the time.

 

[rosey]

Ditto on my BX2200.

 

[Volfandt]

My BX23's HST ranges from barely audiable with just the MMM mounted & mowing on level terrain to a constant whine when traversing a slight incline with the FEL & BH mounted.
A whine is normal and it'll get louder and more constant when the load increases.

You'll also probably start to notice the HST making a loud hissing noise once it warms up. It sounds as if you can hear the hydraulic fluid zipping around pressurized in the lines & HST, which it is and it to is a normal sound.

Loud clunks or squealing or any metal on metal sounds are not normal

After awhile you'll get to know all the normal sounds your BX makes, including the sound the HST makes when you try to start off with the brake on

Volfandt

 

[KeithInSpace]

""...you'll get to know all the normal sounds your BX makes, including the sound the HST makes when you try to start off with the brake on""

Never done THAT before.

 

[Berniep]

"".

Never done THAT before.

Well now that you said that I bet you do it in the next few days.
I can usually tell within a foot or two now that I have gotten used to the way the tractor acts in different situations. I have probably driven it a total of a 1/4 mile with the brake engaged. If anything it holds better now than when it was new.

 

[proudestmonkey]

Is it normal to hear whining and various levels of noise when operating an HST depending on the load. It sure sounds like gears wearing on each other.

When mine starts to whine (I think of it more like a vibration sound), I adjust the throttle up or down slightly and the noise diminishes or goes away completely. This seems to work no matter where the throttle was to begin with.

 

[FishAlaska]

The noises come to an abrupt halt while in reverse and letting of the pedal as does the tractor. You can get serious whip lash from this animal. I do hear the hissing sound as in fluid or an air leak type sound also.

 

[ccsial]

Is it normal to hear whining and various levels of noise when operating an HST depending on the load. It sure sounds like gears wearing on each other.

The whining is typical for hydraulic systems under load. Not to worry.