Unlock your Rhino's Rear End.

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cpu77

Discussion Starter · Sep 16, 2009

Well I want to unlock my rear end because I use it alot on asphalt and my yard. Plus it's like turning a bus!

Warn makes this little device for the wolverine to make it able to be 2wd. Seems like if you could have a custom axle made with this in the center and a longer cable it would be the ticket.

Install for it is here Warn 424 Unlocker

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LoneStar Racing

· #41 · Sep 17, 2009

Yeah.. i drove a whole lap at the sobaba race in that RZR after i flopped it on its side.. the rear axle popped out of the diff from the force, so i ran in 3wd, and it was a bear to keep straight, especially through the tighter mountain section. Good Times!

G-

cpu77

Discussion Starter · #42 · Sep 18, 2009 (Edited)

I would probably just remove the Cable all together. No real need for it. So it would just be like a open differential? Will it be pulling that bad just tooling around or are you guys talking about beating on it?

LoneStar Racing

· #43 · Sep 18, 2009

if your just putting around, probably wouldn't notice it much, but if you make any abrupt changes to the throttle, it will pull the car for sure.

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DustJunkie

· #44 · Sep 18, 2009

Cut one rear axle, sleeve it, weld one side to the axle, drill and pin the other side and there you go, pull the pin and the spool is no longer a spool. It would peel out like an old homemade go-cart.

Most 4wd trucks run on the 'coast' side of the gears, only late model Fords and some Jeep wranglers ran a reverse spiral design with backwards cut gears.

Do the driveshafts in a rhino spin opposite of eachother? If they do not, the front dif in the rear would work and not spin the gears backwards.

cpu77

Discussion Starter · #45 · Sep 18, 2009

Well I found a good deal on a 424 unit. Now I would like to find a broken axel that I can have machined. Anyone know someone who could help with this project?

07fj

· #46 · Sep 18, 2009

DustJunkie said:
Cut one rear axle, sleeve it, weld one side to the axle, drill and pin the other side and there you go, pull the pin and the spool is no longer a spool. It would peel out like an old homemade go-cart.

Most 4wd trucks run on the 'coast' side of the gears, only late model Fords and some Jeep wranglers ran a reverse spiral design with backwards cut gears.

Do the driveshafts in a rhino spin opposite of eachother? If they do not, the front dif in the rear would work and not spin the gears backwards.

yes they do, common driveshaft direction.

and it would be safer for all to just pull the axle out of the cv at the diff.
if you weld on these axles, it sure will bust when needed.
for that matter, just pull both rear axles, then run 4wd hi , you will only have front wheel drive, but hey. :eek2:

cpu77

Discussion Starter · #47 · Sep 18, 2009

I am going to have a new ones machined. Welding would not work for my planned setup anyway. I think pulling the axles is not what I am after. Might work for others though.

Joe Llamahead

· #48 · Sep 18, 2009

Ok here's another Idea......... Put that Warn 424 unlocker in the drive shaft between the engine ane REAR diff, then if you run 4wd open with the drive shaft disengauged you have front wheel drive.
It would still bind a little but at least it wouldn't be binding under power and tearing up the tires/ground

chad

· #49 · Sep 18, 2009

07fj said:
it would be turning the wrong way

So, just put the gearshift in reverse to go forward. :biggrin:

cpu77

Discussion Starter · #50 · Sep 19, 2009

Joe,

My only concern would be that it was designed to suplement the the rear. However if you take it easy it might not be too bad and way easier to do.

Anyone have any thoughts???

Joe Llamahead said:
Ok here's another Idea......... Put that Warn 424 unlocker in the drive shaft between the engine ane REAR diff, then if you run 4wd open with the drive shaft disengauged you have front wheel drive.
It would still bind a little but at least it wouldn't be binding under power and tearing up the tires/ground

mgt-rhino

· #51 · Sep 20, 2009

cpu77 said:
Joe,

My only concern would be that it was designed to suplement the the rear. However if you take it easy it might not be too bad and way easier to do.

Anyone have any thoughts???

Joe Llamahead said:

Ok here's another Idea......... Put that Warn 424 unlocker in the drive shaft between the engine ane REAR diff, then if you run 4wd open with the drive shaft disengauged you have front wheel drive.
It would still bind a little but at least it wouldn't be binding under power and tearing up the tires/ground

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I remember reading on a forum about someone using a Honda CRV rear dif.,He was trying to get his street legal and one requirment was a rear open dif. So the idea is to find a rear dif that you can get a limited slip or lockable unit in.

DOGO X

· #52 · Sep 20, 2009

or you could try use a differential from a 1980-90 BMW or late mercedes benz model

rhinonut

· #53 · Sep 20, 2009

Or you could just leave it the way it is and get a good winch, LOL.

auTTiMan

· #54 · Oct 1, 2009

DOGO X said:
or you could try use a differential from a 1980-90 BMW or late mercedes benz model

Do either of these diffs come with a selectable locker? Be nice to have open diff and/or locked with the switch of a button.

No tellin how many of these rhino-lawsuit-accidents were caused by the rearend breaking traction on a little gravel in a turn. Seems like Yamaha would do another "volentary recall" and fit a selectable locker in the rear. :fingersx:

mtoma

· #55 · Oct 1, 2009

I completely agree, why don't these come with an open/selectable rear diff.
Doesn't the Polaris Ranger have one?

RedRhino

· #56 · Oct 1, 2009

mtoma said:
I completely agree, why don't these come with an open/selectable rear diff.
Doesn't the Polaris Ranger have one?

I have always wondered if you could make a ranger rear diff work in a rhino.

OuchMyEye

· #57 · Oct 2, 2009

This thread is horrible. I would not want a rear diff. It would make it less safe off- road. Why would Yamaha increase the cost/price by putting in a rear diff?

thibodeaub

· #58 · Oct 2, 2009

I agree that Yamaha should change that, alot of people use Rhinos on turf and it rips the **** out of.

JaYPeEyoOeSsAy

· #59 · Oct 2, 2009

rhinonut said:
Or you could just leave it the way it is and get a good winch, LOL.

X2 im with this plan....

cpu77

Discussion Starter · #60 · Oct 2, 2009

rhinonut said:
Or you could just leave it the way it is and get a good winch, LOL.

Your humor is lost on me???

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