A buddy and me were out enjoying a few trail sodas last night and found a bottomless swamp and short story I was stuck and rocking side to side and the front diff went BANG! Now this is like the 4th time the it has lost the 4x4 with that noise. I have took it to the dear for this 3 times already and every time I get it back the 4x4 is locked in 90% of the time in 2wd and I seem to wreck it real easy again.. My buddy on the Grizz said " man that did'nt take much, glad I bought a Grizz". I just wonder if the dealer is just band-aiding it till next time.I still have warenty till 2011 but if it breaks soooooo easy after they fix it and its not worinkg properly to begain with, whats the use.. SOOOOOOOOOO how hard are the
frt diffy's to rebuild on a 04.5 sportsman 400 and how much, any stronger parts out there.. I am getting real upset everytime I go deep the diff goes bang and leaves me victom to get pulled out by brand "X".


A very up set Savage....

 

what is breaking on it? the roller cage most likely? that bike has seen its share of hard riding but didnt you put it back to some what stock?

 

I still have the lift and tires but the motor is bone stock andf it has the new upgraded ebs clutches.. I believe the cages are cracking but like I said its never right after I get it back the 4x4 always has a mind of its own, so I wonder if they are just replaceing the broken parts and not the stressed parts as well.. IT seems like every time I get in the marvalous black Michigan mud it goes BANG.. Just looking for some pointers here.

 

i would want to be shown when its apart whats wrong and what broken parts are there to give you an idea of what is going on. imo.

 

Take it to the dealer and before they replace anything make them give you a list. Then tell them to look for parts that MAY break in the future and fix them too

 

I don't blame you man... they should fix it right, and it should hold up longer than that.

Maybe you need to look into getting brand "X".

 

Go to your john deer dealership, get the following
Roller kit#MIA10666
Cage kit#MIA10667
Seal kit#MIA10654 Should cost about $110 cage is heavier than polaris .

 

There is on proplem with the stronger metal aftermarket roller cages, if they ever blow they will grind surrounding parts alonge with it as well unlike the pastic roller cage.

If the AWD is kicking in while the ATV is in 2wd mode than it was put together at a wrong torque spec I would guess.

 

Go to a Different dealer if you can, some mechanics are just hacks!!

 

Thats true, when I do use a mechanic on my Ski-doo sled or Polaris ATV , the guy I bring it to is the mechanic for our Yamaha dealership.

As long as he has a spec manual he does not care what type of machine he works on,there all just a pile of nuts ,bolts and parts to him he says. LOL