hey fellas, i just sold my polaris 4x4 and got a 04 honda rancher at 400. have never cared much for polaris and all my sport bikes are honda. my question is how do you check the oil with the auto trans, warm cold or what? im in the process of getting the manual from the origional owner but i wwould like to change the oil now. i noticed it had over full when cold and right on when warm now but i dont know if thats right. thank you! joe

 

If it's the 2007 model Honda TRX 400 AT fully automatic Hydomechanical contiuosly variable with electronic controls , it has a 397cc air cooled OHV dry sump engine it doesn't share the same oil with the tranny ; so i'm guessing you would have to check the trans fluid when it's hot like an automotive auto transmission ! Honda used this type tranny in their motorcycle's year's ago , and it just didn't go over well with bike rider's back then so they stopped using them because rider's loved shifting the gear's manualy ; how ever this tranny has been revamped and improved with the electronic variable shifting on them now ! Some love them and wouldn't go back to a manual shift again , i haven't riden one and don't know anyone who has ; but i've heard and read a few post's from at least one member who didn;t like it ! Something about them not being Honda tuff , and that the tranny was to weak ; but i wouldn't let that deter me from buying one myself ! My first atv was a 86' Honda TRX 350 Foreman 4x4 it was built like tank and i rode it like one , ii sold it to my brother in Nov. 2005 and he ride's it almost every day ; the last time i rode it whitch was about a month ago it still ran and drove as it did when i bought it new ! I'm a bilateral amputee , lost both leg's just below the knee's , when i bought the Honda i had to mount a hand control to the foot shifter to be able to shift the gear's with my hand ! I bought a 2006 Arctic Cat 400 FIS 4x4 with the Suzuki 376cc powered Engine/Duramatic Belt driven clutch transmission , i still miss the shifting untill i go on a long all day ride it doesn't take a few day's of soreness to realize how good a fully automatic tranny is worth ! Sorry for the novel and i hope i'm right in telling you to check the trans oil when hot ; but i'm pretty sure that's the right procedure and if i'm wrong someone will jump in and correct me ! Happy Trail's and be safe when riding . ..........................williebee