Just bought a 2004 arctic cat 650 and noticed the front end has a high pitched whining sound. Is this normal?

 

No, it isn't normal. Check your gear oil. If it's full the previous owner may have run it low or dry and caused the problem. If it's low on gear lube, fill it and see if that helps. Other wise, you probably have a bad bearing.

 

its normal on the 650 V2 if you are in low gear. mine sounds like a jet engine in low gear when i go 20+ but when im in high theres no sound like that. just the low gear on the V2s.

 

Mine whines almost all the time, low, high, whenever there is any amount of speed.

 

I called the dealer and he said his makes that whining all the time too. I'll check the gear oil anyway.Thanks, Brian

 

Yes it is normal. Its actually the engine breaking making the noise

 

If it's the engine breaking in the transmission, then it isn't in the front end. The trans noise if normal. However if it's the front differential it's not normal.

 

no, its normal- they have straight cut gears- they are cheaper to make then a bevel gear but they whine. Plus like ac power and chumley said- the 650 v-twin is a whiney motor.....

 

My 06 700 isn't normal then, It doesn't have a whine in the differtential. The transmission has a slight whine but nether differential makes a noise. Should I do something to make them whine?

 

Thats a suzuki setup, not a kawi setup. The whine is only in the V-Twins