I went for my first ride Saturday. on the way back I noticed a low growling sound coming from the rear end. It kind of sounded like off road tires on pavement. I checked the rear diff and it seemed full. I also made sure there wasn't anything rubbing and I couldn't see anything. Is this normal for a new machine or should I be taking my machine back to the dealer for him to lok into?

 

I believe, what you heard were just the rear gears meshing. Because this is a new unit there may be a little noise until the gears wear together. Others have commented on this same thing and to date I don't believe anyone has had a problem. You also have 6 months of warrenty and if anything is going to happen to your rearend, it won't take 6 months.

Ride it and Have fun..

 

I was worried about that sound also. My dealer told me not to worry about it. I took it in last week and asked him about it and he said they all do that. Keep riding

tbstone

 

Mine did the same thing new. Gears have to be heat cycled a few times to break them in and get them wearing properly. You also have a constant mesh tranny so there is some gear whine when you coast or accelerate/decelereate. I sounds fine after a while.

Dakota R/T

 

Thanks for all the information. I was a little concerned because I didn't remember hearing it when I first left the truck. Of course I could have been too excited about getting on the trail with the new quad. Although, I was trying to pay attention to all the sounds to make sure I didn't hear anything that seemed unusual to me.

The new quad only has 27 miles on it now so I will do some more riding to get it broke in better and hopefully the sound will disappear.