RTV-X1100C noise with snowblower

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Hi,

I've had my RTV for a few years and everything has been running smoothly. I've installed the K-Connect snowblower a few days ago and whenever I lift it up, lower it, turn around the snow thrower anything else it makes an annoying sound which seems to come nearby the alternator. I've made a video of it where you can hear the noise when the engine is running at full RPM and I turn around (left-right-left) the snow thrower:


It does that no matter what's the engine RPM. It doesn't do it when the engine is cold, that is the very few minutes I use it. Also, it takes way more time to lift the snowblower than it used to be.

Since there's no hydraulics shared between the RTV and the snowblower (it has its own pump), could it be the alternator belt playing finicky? Or anything else you can think of?

Thanks a lot!
 
I would check the fan on the front of the engine that it isn't coming in contact with a shroud. Also since you added a driveshaft from the crank forward i would make sure it isn't loose in it's mounting or something.
 
@aurthuritis Thanks for your response. The fan is in contact with nothing and regarding the driveshaft/PTO, no noise is coming from it. The snowblower connected to the PTO works perfectly and makes no noise.

It's just when I activate the K-Connect pump to lower/raise the snowblower, or change its orientation for throwing the snow that we can hear the noise from the video.
 
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