I have a 2001 LTF160. I don't drive in sand, mud, or water. Just on the grass in my yard.

There is a squeak somewhere in the rear. It is not the shocks or frame or anything like that.
It makes the sound when the rear wheels rotate.
Not always non-stop, but can be rythmic. It does not make it all the time and
seems to mainly do it when going slow - 5 mph or slower I'd guess.

I don't know where to begin to troubleshoot this. I assume something needs lubricated unless it is the brakes (but it does it when the are not depressed). A while back I did adjust the rear 4 bolts to move it
back a little to tighten the chain tension - don't know if that had anything to do with it. I cannot remember
if it squeaked before that or not.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

I would start with the brakes. the z400 had that problem making noise

 

I agree, if it happens when the wheel turns and is rythmic I would have to agree with mucky and say its the brakes...You would be able to tell if it's your shock if when you sat on the quad it squeeked, but I don't think thats the case in this instance.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. Yes, it was the brakes. When I moved the rear end back to put more tension on the chain I didn't happen to think that would tighten the brakes. So I just loosened the rear brake adjuster and the sqeak is now gone. So thanks for the idea to check it out.

Now I hope I didn't mess anything up riding it that way!

 

well thats good to hear you got it fixed.