[FUSE]

Hey guys, had them go bad on trucks before (click click click) but never had one go bad on an ATV or UTV.

Here's what happened:

Saturday I misjudged what turned out to be a ROUGH mud hole. I hit with way too much throttle/speed and there was a loud BANG from the front driver side of my Ranger. Thought for sure I snapped an axle. Stopped to inspect and couldn't find anything. Kept riding (gingerly) to see and all seemed normal, steering and awd worked properly but as the day went on a noticeable grinding/clicking noise started to come from front driver side area of the machine. Havent had time to rip it apart yet to check things out but I recall it got louder and more pronounced when I would turn. It eventually got to the point where it became intermittent, so now it comes and goes

Any ideas? Maybe time to get some beefier axles and cv's with a small lift, and recommendations on that?

 

[Realrider380]

My front stock finally gave in after 600 miles with the 3" lift and 30" tires...boot tore apart from shards inside, then finally the cv gave in and snapped, I could not get the axle out and had to ride out .... Occasionally it would bind up my turning... I was surprised to get this far with the stock cv's , as everything I have done should be off limits on a ranger... Going to order a set of rhino 's for the front to match the rears.

 

[sfj]

My 570 with 35 miles on it developed a chirping sound on the drivers side rear. And it was the sound of something rubbing. My son in law who is a mechanic took a look at it this afternoon and after about 15 mins he found that a small stone had kicked up and lodged its self close to the drive shaft and as the drive shaft rotated the chirping sound was made.

 

[FUSE]

Well I ripped everything apart. The CV joint appears OK, maybe a little tweaked but the wheel bearing is shot. Researched axles until my eyes bled and narrowed it down to Cobra's or Outlaw DHT's. With my riding style I decided to order a DHT axle. If it fails I will go cobra next time.