What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Mar 11, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
bamaboy, Youll have 4 wheel drive coming down a hill? Engine braking in front? How about around a corner....4 wd drive then? Each system has its weak spot. Everything has its trade off, its not only honda that compromises.
Mar 11, 2004 | 06:06 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Originally posted by: hondabuster
bamaboy, Youll have 4 wheel drive coming down a hill? Engine braking in front? How about around a corner....4 wd drive then? Each system has its weak spot. Everything has its trade off, its not only honda that compromises.
bamaboy, Youll have 4 wheel drive coming down a hill? Engine braking in front? How about around a corner....4 wd drive then? Each system has its weak spot. Everything has its trade off, its not only honda that compromises.
Mar 11, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Originally posted by: honda450es4x4
TellicoGrizz660
U r a stupid **** at least mine starts
TellicoGrizz660
U r a stupid **** at least mine starts
Mar 11, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Wow your right Honda does suck, ill sell my Honda tomorrow and go buy a … no wait I have to drill holes in that one to keep it from overheating, maybe ill get a … no wait that one has plastic racks that I cant hall anything heavy on… I KNOW ill get a … naaa that quad is in the shop more than it’s on the trail… no thanks ill just stick with my sucky Honda that has gone everywhere I need it to go and some places I would never go [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Mar 11, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Actually he will have 4wd going around a corner!!! As far as your Honda having 4x4? LOL!!!!!!!!! Thats a Joke! I
Also the ranchers should have the newer tourque sensing front diff. The brake tap thing also works some of the times, but usually the front brakes on a honda that is anything but new are worn out.
Polaris' 4WD system is also no good for rock climbing. But in the mud it can't be beat!
Mar 11, 2004 | 11:19 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
Originally posted by: Andy Bassham
I'd like to see a forum where this "My limited slip spins all 4 tires at all times" thing HASN'T been addressed too many times. Bull, I don't buy into any special differential on any machine when it says limited slip.
Bottom line, if you have one and are truly confident in you limited slip, then try this test. Warning, you might come away dissapointed and buy a Grizzly, Prairie, AC650, or even a Polaris god forbid.
Jack your machine up. All four tires front and rear off the ground. Make sure its sturdy, and will not fall off or have a tire catch the ground. OK, put it in gear and make sure its in 4wd if it even has that option (Rubicon owners need not apply). Reach up there and grab one of your front tires and hold it in place, and then give it some gas. You should feel a quick hitch, and then you should be able to hold that tire at a standstill while your other front tire spins freely. If you can't hold that front tire, and both will spin evenly, then I'll shut the hell up and admit you have a good limited slip system.
Try it. I did on my AC500 and thought about puking, then I thought about buying a Polaris. Then I just said the hell with it and waited 3 years for somebody other than Polaris to put a decent differential in a quad.
Honda needs to quit playing that simpicity crap and put that stuff on their quads. The Rubicon is freakin awesome in my opinion. Better than the Rincon overall. (Rincon would be better if they would have stuck with the Rubi transmission). Slap disc brakes on those things, add a differential lock and 2wd/4wd select feature to all your 4x4's, and with Honda's reputation, they won't just get the dyed in the wool honda fans. They will get sales from all those fence straddlers too that don't care about brand.
I'd like to see a forum where this "My limited slip spins all 4 tires at all times" thing HASN'T been addressed too many times. Bull, I don't buy into any special differential on any machine when it says limited slip.
Bottom line, if you have one and are truly confident in you limited slip, then try this test. Warning, you might come away dissapointed and buy a Grizzly, Prairie, AC650, or even a Polaris god forbid.
Jack your machine up. All four tires front and rear off the ground. Make sure its sturdy, and will not fall off or have a tire catch the ground. OK, put it in gear and make sure its in 4wd if it even has that option (Rubicon owners need not apply). Reach up there and grab one of your front tires and hold it in place, and then give it some gas. You should feel a quick hitch, and then you should be able to hold that tire at a standstill while your other front tire spins freely. If you can't hold that front tire, and both will spin evenly, then I'll shut the hell up and admit you have a good limited slip system.
Try it. I did on my AC500 and thought about puking, then I thought about buying a Polaris. Then I just said the hell with it and waited 3 years for somebody other than Polaris to put a decent differential in a quad.
Honda needs to quit playing that simpicity crap and put that stuff on their quads. The Rubicon is freakin awesome in my opinion. Better than the Rincon overall. (Rincon would be better if they would have stuck with the Rubi transmission). Slap disc brakes on those things, add a differential lock and 2wd/4wd select feature to all your 4x4's, and with Honda's reputation, they won't just get the dyed in the wool honda fans. They will get sales from all those fence straddlers too that don't care about brand.
Really, you guys need to friggin grow up! Go out and ride or something! You sound like a bunch of kids arguing here on the internet!
Mar 11, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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What's stopping Honda from doing true 4WD?
i used to own a 96 300 4x4 i do a considerable amount of mudding driving through the heaviest nastiest brush you can imagine logs, bog ,trees, you name it i did notice that it had a limitied slip front end but it seemed to pull with all four most of the time even on hills and in weird articulation but on the odd occasion it didnt it never really just sat there both front tires always seemed to be working in some fashion but one might on an odd occasion lurch and spin real irradic but it did pull not as hard as the other tires but it always seemed to imprees me that it seemed to be using all four pretty much all the time i just purchased a new rubi i havent had that in the bog yet but i can only hope it pulls as hard as the old if it does i wont have any worries but lockers would be nice then you know your getting full power out of both