I was just curious about something my Xpedition 425 has always done. If I am coasting(hand off the throttle) in 3,4,5 gear and I decide to give it some gas, something in the rear end ALWAYS jerks at first then everything is normal. Our Honda's have never done that and I was just wondering if it was something that all Polaris' do or if maybe the rear u-joints were etc. were bad?

I'm used to it now, so if it is something that all Polaris 5-speeds do than that's fine. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything wrong.

I tried checking the U-Joint like you would a truck (put the vehicle in gear and try to move the U-Joint) and it seemed to be tight.

Is there a better way to check the U-Joints (on the rear driveshaft) or could there be another problem with the rear pinion gear etc.

Any ideas??

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my '00 exp 425 did the exact thing and it was new back then, I think its normal, it was really annoying me though in trails because everytimr i would hit a root/bump and it bounced the quad it would jerk cause of that rear drive shaft. Yeah mine did that for 3800 miles no problems so i don't think you should have a problem either. I think its just the nature of a direct drive train, pickups do the same thing when you let off of the gas and come back on it again.

hope you don't have any problems with that P-laris

 

Thanks for the help. Your right, the drivetrain seems to bounce around a lot on rough trails to.

I hope I get as many miles on mine without problems as you did...[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Take it easy..[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]