my rear axle has a lot of play in it when it is off the ground and when i turn it makes a loud clicking sound

any help would be appreciated

 

the clicking noise: that may be normal, because every time i hear an atv with a chain it does that.
the axle: maybe the axle bearings are about gone.

 

i have a 400ex and the clicking sound is the chain and as redripper sed you probably need bearings try wiggling the back end

 

the clicking sound only happens wgen i am turning

 

I just had my bearings go out (they were 7 years old, so I got my moneys worth out of them). My first symptom was that clicking sound, and the second was that the chain went slack all of a sudden (because of play in the axle).

Best advice is to NOT RIDE THE QUAD until you have it diagnosed. Take my advice, and replace the bearings before the carrier and axle get totally ruined! I toasted mine and it cost me $700 to fix the damage (for replacements I went with an Lonestar 4 bearing carrier and DuraBlue axle). If you act before everything gets ruined, new bearings might run you a small fraction of that, as long as the carrier and axle are fine!

 

Sounds like your bearings in the carrier. ANother way to figure it out, is to put the bike on the 4 wheels, and stand on the pegs, wobble the bike back and forth slowly. If it wobbles with you then they are most likely out. Or maybe just aloose carrier, check the 4 bolts on the swingarm where the carrier is.

 

thank i bought the quad lats febuary and the guy i bought it off of said he just put new carrior bearings in

 

If they were replaced recently, I wouldn't take that to mean anything. One source I know says bearings need to be replaced every year as part of routine maintenance anyway.

If you have been in a lot of dirty water, or other conditions that are detrimental to long bearing life, it may be time.........