My 8N wants to crab walk!

It doesn't want to steer to the left, especially when a heavy implement is mounted and raised, when the steering is light.

Could this perhaps be caused by not enough end play between the axles? I guess I might have gotten that wrong when I did the axle seals.

Also, I seem to be getting a scraping noise during part of the wheel rotation from the left brake area that sounds like the brake shoe is rubbing on the drum at a certain point in its rotation, except that when I jack the wheel up it spins freely. Also, at a certain point in each rotation of the rear wheels I can feel that something is dragging, holding the tractor back somewhat.

Would anyone have any suggestions for me?

Maybe the left brake shoe is adjusted too tight?

Thank you very much.
 

"doesn't want to steer left".

Left brake dragging would help it steer left.

Axles touching with too much force tends to make it act like a locked differential & make it hard to steer in either direction.
 
Jack up the right side and spin it to check,the right side dragging would cause it not to turn to the left.
 

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