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08 Honda rancher 420 bent the out drive

Hello everyone I recently broke my ujoint causing the out drive to bend enough to cause the rear seal on the back of the block to leak, I’m trying to figure out which part I have to replace is that the final drive or the out drive shaft ? In the picture which part do I need to replace 1 or 2 Click the image to open in full size. the part that is bent on my bike is the rear shaft coming out of the block to the rear diff.

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New from Colorado Mtns

My wife and I (I’m 74, she’ll be 73 next month) have just purchased 2 used ATV’s and riding them makes us feel like kids again. We are the proud owner’s of a 2004 yellow and a 2005 Mossy Oak (now purple) Sportsman 500 HO’s, both low mileage/hours. We went on a 29 mile trail ride Saturday and her’s ran Great. Mine did likewise most of the time. Pulling hills it would bog down like the choke was on. Had one very sharp rifle like backfire going down that same hill and it stumbled for a couple of minutes and then seemed to clear itself out and ran fine on the level ground. I pulled the plug (sure glad mine still had the tool kit with that special plug combo) after church yesterday and it is the correct NGK plug but it was really black and slightly damp. Cleaned it and checked the gap, which was correct. Re-installed fired it up and raced my wife around the pasture a few laps and it seemed to be ok. If this were the ’60’s and this was my ’56 ford 312 convertible I’d say the carb is jetted wrong (we live at 8500′ and were riding at approx 9500′. That carb looks likes it’s hard to get out. I’m not a mechanic. I’m still teaching high school- I guess that’s why this is so wordy. Any advice and/or tips?

Front grind in 4×4 sometimes, any idea?

I’ve searched for this but couldn’t find what I was experiencing.

On my last ride while going through a gravel pit I climbed a steep hill in 4×4 low with loose dirt/gravel and at the top I needed to turn hard left which after a grinding noise started coming from the front. I immediately stopped, switched to 2wd and back into 4wd and it went away. It did this twice.

Any explanation for this? Cause for concern? Normal Can-am weirdness?

Thank you muchly in advance for any info.

2016 Outty MAX XT, 850 with 1600kms (60hrs)

Best Canadian QSC DEALER?

Hi, looking at buying a QSC REV X clutch for my 16 renegade XMR, right now I have Monster Tune Injection ECM, Auto tune, NPP full Single Cone exhaust, and rev limiter raise to 8850, looking to use the extra range with cams, and a QSC clutch, anyone knows a good dealer aside then FFUN not a fan of there service barely ever answers phone or Email

Best Canadian QSC DEALER

Hi, looking at buying a QSC REV X clutch for my 16 renegade XMR, right now I have Monster Tune Injection ECM, Auto tune, NPP full Single Cone exhaust, and rev limiter raise to 8850, looking to use the extra range with cams, and a QSC clutch, anyone knows a good dealer aside then FFUN not a fan of there service barely ever answers phone or Email