I have a 2007 Polaris Ranger XP with a 6" Gorilla Lift, Gorilla axles all the way around, and 29.5" Outlaw tires. Heres my problem. When I get into some deep mud or water holes and the 4 wheeler is in AWD the front wheels dont turn. Its like its in 2wd. The 4 wheeler starts out in awd with all 4 tires turning but as it starts losing traction the front wheels stop digging and as we all know you are not going very far in 2wd. I have to shift back and fourth from low to high to reverse and toggle the awd switch to get the front tires to turn and this doesnt work all the time. It doesnt do it all the time but it does it enough to be a pain in the ***. the Polaris owners manual says " When the AWD switch is on, the front wheels will automatically engage anytime the rear wheels lose traction. When the rear wheels regain traction the front wheels will automatically disengage". Am I missing something? My brother has the same Polaris and he never has that problem in the same conditions. Someone please help.

 

You'll have better luck getting an answer in the Ranger forum. I bet something got messed up when you did the mods. Good luck.

 

don't know much about the Ranger.
have you changed the hub fluid? maybe a loose connection somewhere.

 

Obviously something is causing intermitent engagement/disengagement. My bet would be electrical. Is the AWD switch testing ok?

 

The lift kit didn't come with a wire stretcher. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] The wire that signals it to engage may be messed up.

 

I dont understand how it works fine in AWD one minute and the next minute Im being pulled out of some mud hole because I lost 4wd. Im guessing its electrical. This is just one of the many problems Im having out of this 4 wheeler. Im starting to think these side by sides arent made for this kind of abuse.

 

After seeing a couple of videos like these, I wonder if Gorilla Axle is made for that kind of abuse. I still think it's somethig electrical like a loose wire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_WC8Cf7l8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUiFSTRwgH0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qck76PV1fac

 

It may be as simple as the electrical connection at the front gearbox is getting wet and losing connection de-energizing the coil and disengaging the AWD...try a little dielectric grease on these fittings and check the wiring that had to be added when the mods where installed. If a crimp connecter was used to extend the wiring these are notorious for corroding and causing a short when they get wet repeatedly

 

you will want to check the wires that run down to the front end to see if there alright or not. hopefully the roller cage isnt the issue in side the hillard front end being broke.

 

I agree with the above and think a wire is being shorted out when it gets in the water. Polaris awd works with electric magnets.