[Riverrunner1775]

I just got an 07 700xp a couple weeks ago. My first SXS. The unit has 310 hours roughly and 2,200 miles. Runs pretty well. I've had to repair a few things on it already as the previous owner wasn't very mechanical. Anyway took it out yesterday for it's first real drive on some technical trails. One of the previous owners had lifted it with a PVC pipe spacer, which was causing the front springs to bind and rub the shock. I changed that out with a SuperATV lift and took care of that issue. But I noticed on some whoops in the trail we were one the front suspension on the drivers side seemed to bottom out. I don't believe this machine has the stock springs on the front because they are yellow, the back springs are the silver. Aren't the yellow springs the heavy duty ones? Would replacing the springs and shocks in the front help with bottoming out? Could the springs having been compressed by the spacer weakened them?

The next issue. When I got the unit, the throttle linkage was way out of adjustment, you had to push the pedal nearly an inch to get it to go. I adjusted the slack out so that I only have about an 1/8" free play, but when I would ride around for a bit and everything would warm up, the idle would go back high. Adjusted it back down via the cable and all would be good for awhile then it would get off again. Had to stop on the trail yesterday and fix it again. I'm pretty sure I just need to replace the throttle cable, from what I've read on here.

Lastly, the rear diff lock seems to work fine. I can engage it and when I disengage it I hear a click in the rear end as if it's disengaging. AWD seems to engage fine, but it doesn't make any noises going in or out. When I first got it I put the bumper against a tree with it in AWD and on some sand. When the back tires started to dig the front engaged and started to dig, but I got some clicking noise coming from the front. Not sure if it was in the diff or the CVs. I didn't do it long. I thought maybe it was just digging too hard and something was in a bind. So I took it to a little muddy spot and tried it there. No clicking. But yesterday we were crawling through some rough rutted sections and it did it climbing through. I couldn't stop on these sections as they were pretty steep. It kept on pulling and I climbed right up but it did the clicking when the front was trying to pull. What could be causing this and what is the best way to test the AWD, to diagnose the issue. Would putting it up on some jack stands help me to get to the root of the problem?

I've checked pretty much all the standard issues that the 07s have, front motor mount, broken wires on the diffs etc. This forum is great! I've came from the Jeep community with a CJ7 that I rebuilt and I used forums extensively. Sold that and went to a brand new ATV, it was a Honda and I never had to work on it. LOL But I love my Ranger, only had it two weeks and the thing is handy as a shirt pocket around my 30 acres. I'll never have another ATV. Appreciate all here who have kept this forum up and are here to help out us newbies. So thanks for what I've already read and found out and thanks in advance to any replies to this post.....Jason

 

[pede58]

Ok lets see.....maybe adjust the front shocks by jacking up and move the ring around it you should be able to tell which way to tighten. Possible on the bad cable but keep in mind the first 1/3 of throttle takes a lot of peddle, designed that way. Does the 07 have turf mode? it's powered all the time, to lock diff it disengages, always best to backup a bit after coming out of lock or awd. Sounds like you may have a Hilliard cage problem in the front diff, that's a best guess, CV would be more of a bind or popping.

 

[Riverrunner1775]

Ok lets see.....maybe adjust the front shocks by jacking up and move the ring around it you should be able to tell which way to tighten. Possible on the bad cable but keep in mind the first 1/3 of throttle takes a lot of peddle, designed that way. Does the 07 have turf mode? it's powered all the time, to lock diff it disengages, always best to backup a bit after coming out of lock or awd. Sounds like you may have a Hilliard cage problem in the front diff, that's a best guess, CV would be more of a bind or popping.

No way to adjust the preload on the front shocks of an 07. It is what it is. Yes the 07 has turf mode, everything in the rear end seems to work fine, no issues there. I was thinking possibly a hilliard cage. But AWD seems to engage and disengage fine. This sounds like something stripped and slipping. I found another thread of a guy with the same model machine as mine describing the same symptoms. His problem was a CV joint.

 

[pede58]

Sorry, didn't take time to look at the differences from my 09, see now you have struts. Any bad boots on the front cv? should be easy to tell if it's the cv, anything else means you go fishing inside. Good luck!

 

[carnivore]

As you said you may need to replace the throttle cable. It's not unusual for one of that age. The click could just be brake pads, just as easily could be CVs starting to go. Hilliards don't usually click. Going up the hill the front end would be lifted a bit which would strain the CVs even more.

 

[Riverrunner1775]

Anybody got any input on the front springs. Best I can tell they are not stock, since they are yellow. I found some pics of 07 700s on the net and it looks like on a stock setup the shock color matched on all four corners. And on the turbo silver models, they had silver springs, which my rear springs are. Since my front springs are yellow I assume they are possibly SuperATV springs. But the way they acted yesterday on whoops and seeming to bottom out I don't know how heavy duty they are or if they are just worn out. If I replace them should I go with the heavier SuperATV springs? I'm not running anything heavy on the front end. It does have a diamond plate steel top, and I'm around 200lbs myself. Or should I stay with stock springs? Shocks probably need replacing as well, is there an option on the shocks other that Polaris brand ones? I don't want to go with Walker Evans replacements or anything expensive.

 

[Riverrunner1775]

I wonder if my bottoming out issue, is related to the lift that was on the Ranger when I got it. Someone had lifted it with a PVC spacer. When I changed the lift out to the SuperATV one, I didn't check to see if they had dropped anything down in the strut assembly to push the shock up. This would cause my shock to sit higher than it should and bottom out easier. It' wouldn't effect the lift. I bet there is something in there.

 

[carnivore]

I'd say there's a good chance your on to something there. It's likely there's a strut spacer, and that could creat issues.