Quads have no diffs?

[Pistonbroke]

Boot the throttle and drift it every where, you'll never notice and have fun doing it. Until it goes wrong and you flip it obviously...

 

[Munkul]

And turning into a gateway from tarmac when you crash into the gatepost because your front wheels have slid on the gravel....

Not being funny but that just doesn't happen.

I assume you have a quad? With a solid rear axle? How many times a day do you crash into your gateways?

 

[Fat Lamb]

Not being funny but that just doesn't happen.

I assume you have a quad? With a solid rear axle? How many times a day do you crash into your gateways?

It most definitely can happen, but it should be a lesson learnt at the time as speed will be a major part of the cause and subsequent effect.

 

[TripleSix]

Not being funny but that just doesn't happen.

I assume you have a quad? With a solid rear axle? How many times a day do you crash into your gateways?

I've never done it myself because I've more sense than that but I've seen it happen to the uninitiated.

We've 5 quads at the moment, and a 3 wheeler.
I can handle them just fine, don't you worry yourself.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

I’ve never seen a grizzly with a rear diff, they are solid

Our 21 plate 450 has a rear diff

 

[Tony1989]

Our 21 plate 450 has a rear diff

Are you sure as I very much doubt it

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Are you sure as I very much doubt it

Well it very much looks like a diff when I unlocked it today, I didn’t look closely and pull it to bits

 

[Tony1989]

Well it very much looks like a diff when I unlocked it today, I didn’t look closely and pull it to bits

Ide say it was just a final drive but will be solid rear end, it will have a front diff lock. Unless they have changed them

 

[Pistonbroke]

It most definitely can happen, but it should be a lesson learnt at the time as speed will be a major part of the cause and subsequent effect.

Put a few more pounds in the back tyres and it won't plough straight on as bad.

 

[Wisconsonian]

Not being funny but that just doesn't happen.

I assume you have a quad? With a solid rear axle? How many times a day do you crash into your gateways?

It will tend to surprise you accelerating too hard and the front wheels slide from the weight transfer, go straight instead of steering.

 

[335d]

Ide say it was just a final drive but will be solid rear end, it will have a front diff lock. Unless they have changed them

The diff lock is only for the front differential. It needs to be a diff, else you couldn’t steer.
Yamaha refer to the rear final drive as “drive shaft” on their parts diagram. It has a crown wheel and pinion, and the rear brake discs are also inside the housing.
Some parts companies, like all balls refer to it as a rear diff when you are buying seals and bearings, but their is no diff in there, both driveshafts connect directly to the crown wheel.
See parts diagram below

 

[335d]

Well it very much looks like a diff when I unlocked it today, I didn’t look closely and pull it to bits

Sorry, meant to quote this post

 

[Munkul]

I've never done it myself because I've more sense than that but I've seen it happen to the uninitiated.

That's what I was getting at though You don't cash it every day, because you learn to control it. And most people won't even think about it after a few hours experience driving one.
Partly where my comment came from was because I hadn't even thought about how you get a quad through a tight loose corner... I just do it, haha

 

[ollie989898]

It will tend to surprise you accelerating too hard and the front wheels slide from the weight transfer, go straight instead of steering.

Lean forward to keep the weight on the front and let the rear hang out.

 

[Universe]

Just like all machines really, there's a knack, some grasp better than others.
Most folk drive, but that doesn't make everyone a good driver... (and if the Mrs reads this, I wasn't referring to you my dear...)

 

[Scrambler]

Both of these have lockable rear diffs.
The Kawasaki used to have a rack extender and we’d load it up with 2 bales of hay on the front and 6 on the back. It would have been near impossible to steer without the diff unlocked.

 

[Hjcarter]

Klf300 ('84 model) and grizzly 550 on a '67 - both got diffs.....

 

[Tony1989]

Klf300 ('84 model) and grizzly 550 on a '67 - both got diffs.....

The KLF maybe has but I doubt the grizzly has a rear diff unless they have changed them