2002 LT160 high pitch squeal/scream

[BlazNT]

I always diagnose it by putting oil or spray lithium grease on one idler pulley at a time till the noise goes down or away then I know what one it is.

 

[Zach5.9CTD]

ok thanks guys. ordering a belt this week. both drive and deck.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Before you do that find out what is bad, unless you have the hots for the girlie behind the spares counter.:laughing:

New belts will not solve the squeal and chances are a duff bearing or frozen pulley can kill a belt in a few minutes

 

[bertsmobile1]

Go to
jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.deere.u90490.partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt
Type LT160 in the search box.
Then click on the folder to expand it and then on setional index.
You can then download and print out the various bits you need and get the part numbers at the same time.
Note there are 3 pulleys in your drive train.
The 2 on the moving plate ( clutch ) tend to fall apart.
The smaller front one gets clogged and jambs.
With most of JD pulleys you will need to undo the pulley to get the belt past the keeper so you are 1/2 way to replacing pulleys by doing the belt.
The nuts have coach heads so you just need to pop yor finger under the heads to keep them in the square hole to undo them.