when i first bought it, i couldnt get just one wheel to spin and i thought it was locked. now, its starting to act more like a limited slip. could someone please explain?

 

It needed to break in???? Did you change to a different diff oil, that had some additives in it that are making it slip????

 

i havent done anything to it but ride it. its only got 17 hrs on it. is it supposed to lock up?

 

It is a torque sensing design, that sends the power to the wheel that doesn't slip. Mine has worked superbly, for 6 long years now. There is a good article on the web about diff design. I will try to scare it up and post it.

There was a post recently (in here I think???), where they quoted a Honda service bulletin that recommended an additive if one has a sticking diff. I will look for that too. Is it running like it is locked up, and hard to steer????

 

This will get you started http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...tml?page=2&c=y

If it is still on warranty, make it the dealers problem. I know there are recalls on some Rincon and Rancher diffs, so check that out with your dealer.

 

nice link. its not sticking at all. it acts more like an open diff than it does anything else. air one of the front tires and all the power goes to it and the tire on the ground doesnt spin. id rather it be locked up!!!

 

i as wondering the same thing about my 05 foreman which has like 35 hours on it i was abou to take it to the rock pile next to my house and the tires spining to see but this is helpful to

 

Sorry, I thought you were saying that it was sticking. You said you couldn't get "just one wheel to spin", so to me you sounded like the two front wheels were locked (so one couldn't spin independently).

Try tapping the front brake with a wheel in the air, and see what happens. I have run mine with one wheel in the air, and that wheel just loafs. I very much prefer it to wrestling with a locked diff.

Did you not research the quad before you bought it? Were you expecting lockers?

 

it would be nise if they made selectable locks much like ARB air locks in trucks but make them in atvs on qustion i got is there a rear locker on the market

 

I think that the highlifter web site might have a locker for your atv. It is worth checking out.