Okay, I am still a newbie so this is a newbie question.

We have a new Suzuki Ozark.

Does this thing have an open differential in the rear or are the two wheels locked together? Or is it an LSD? The reason I ask is because when I tried to ride the ATV on asphalt it didn't want to turn very easily. It felt a little like the rear was locked? At least it felt a little strange. I guess I assumed it had an open differential in the rear because my riding lawn mower has one. If one rear tire goes airborne, I lose all traction. Haven't noticed if the Ozark does this or not.

I hope it doesn't have a dif at all. I'd prefer the better traction in the loose stuff.

Just curious, how do the 4WD ATV's work? Locked front and rear or is there an open differential front and rear?

Thanks

Dave

 

Pretty much ALL ATV's are locked in the rear, with the exception of a few that are able to unlock the rear diffs (like the Polaris ATP's and s few other older ATV's). Most of the 4x4's are either open diff in the front or have a LSD. For the most part, you are only going to spin 1 front tire. There are some of the ATV's (especiallythe big bores) that have a selectable locker where you either push a button or pull a lever to lock the fron diff (such as the Grizz, P650/700, Twin Peaks to name a few) And then there is the Polaris 4wd. It is actually an AWD system. Is is locked front and rear. No need to push a button or pull a lever to lock the front diff. It is in 2wd until you flip the AWD switch on. Then, you are still in 2wd until the rear tires rotate 1/5th more than the front. Then it kicks the front wheels in. This is a very nice effcient system that allows for TRUE 4wd (all 4 tires spin) while allowing easy steering in 4wd. The only downside to it is that it only provides rear wheel engine braking

 

Cool

That is the answer I was hoping for.

Thanks for the quick response.

 

Your welcome. Welcome to the forums BTW[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]