ATV Honda Rancher 400 Stainless Steel Lift Kit Item number: 4592371455


This is a ebay sell.

My question is this. I want to put this lift kit on my atv or something like this. I don't want any strain on the drive shaft. How do I go about doing this? Lifting the atv will put strain on the drive shaft. I believe putting bigger tires will compensate the angle stress on the drive shaft. Correct?

 

Tires, taller or shorter, won't affect the anything the lift kit would do to the angle of the shafts or axles. I've read about some lift kits that "tilt" the rear axle, presumably to take some of the tension off of it, but I would be as much or more concerned about what the added lift is doing to my axles and CV joints. With most lift kits, lifting an ATV is similar to grabbing the luggage rack and lifting it up, when you do this you'll notice there isn't much lift prior to the wheels coming off the ground. Granted it is the shock that the slack is taken out of first, but I'd imagine the angle of the CV joints would be about maxed out much beyond this point.

I wish some of these various lift ktis would explain what it is they are modfiying when installed, some are just simple shock extenders.

 

be careful, most lift kits only lift the body, not axles, so the only gains is you sit higher in the air , and you might be able to put bigger tires on.the only actual lift you will get is from the bigger tires. you may gain an actual 1"or maybe2".and yes it is hard on your axles.

 

Looks like I going to order this thing. Get some different tires also. This is going to be more of a project thing. Don't have all the funds yet.

 

i dont think a lift will affect the rear axle at all if it's a solid rear axle. It only causes the front cv shafts to be at more of an angle since the frame is highter but the tires are on the ground. Putting bigger tires on will make the whole machine sit higher, but wont compensate at all for the increased cv axle angle if a lift kit is installed

 

WHAT !? I think you need to stop giving out advice...

You say that the lift only give the "body" a lift and not the axles. Well I don't know what you mean by body but what the lift does it basically push the front A arms down at more of an angle and push the rear swing arm down via some sort of an extension between the shock and the shocks mount. No lift can cause greater clearance under the axle on a solid axle. The only way to achieve this is through larger tires or some sort of a portal box attached to the ends of the axle. The point of the lift is not just to sit higher in the air, it not only makes the room for the larger tires but it raises the belly of the ATV as well not just the "body".

 

sorry, but your driveshaft angle changes too.

I didn't know that they made an AT body lift!

axles are expensive. If you are continuing to mod the machine with axles made for a lift (gorilla, etc) then that's fine, but lifts wear out CV and universal joints.