Does your Rhino drag?

My rhino does not seem to roll very well. I dont know if its a Rhino thing in general or if its a hanging part or whats going on. I know its not the rear caliper (drove it around and then felt the rear rotor and it wasnt hot) hanging up but i didnt get to check the fronts. It also doesnt take off real quickly when you press the gas (doesnt move for as soon as the RPM increases it kind of hesitates). I dont know if the not taking off thing is the wet clutch or if it is more with something hanging up...just curious. Thanks in advance.

use yamaha oil only..may be the wet clutch...or a wheelbearing..jack it up and let us know

Will do ....thanks for the reminder on the wheel bearing. I dont know about the oil the previous owner used. I would hate to guess because it wasnt very well maintained before i got it. Sucks also that wet clutches are so stinkin expensive.

I know that my rhino is kinda hard to push around when its not running and the trans. is in neutral, parking brake off. Haven't tried doing it with the engine running. I know my brakes aren't hanging up, and the wheel bearings are tight. I was wondering the same thing.

I use Valvoline 15w40 HD oil just for reference.

Mine does takeoff quickly when getting into the gas. It has a slight stall, but pulls great. And when in low range, it crawls well.

i would check it if it has any stall

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

i would check it if it has any stall

How would i go about doing that?

Mine is hard to push in neutral also, normal maybe.

chuddly wrote:

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

i would check it if it has any stall

How would i go about doing that?

you will need a gasket to look at it

It should not be hard to move in neutral. I can roll mine around on the trailer with one hand on a tire when I load it before I set the brake.

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

chuddly wrote:

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

i would check it if it has any stall

How would i go about doing that?

you will need a gasket to look at it

Ok...but where do i look?

A lot has to do with your tires. My Rhino on Bighorns is a one hand push anywhere on hard pack or cement. On Outlaws, it's all I can do just to push it in neutral on level cement.

I didn't take that in to consideration, I guess I just figured everyone had Big Horn's

im on factory tires...I dont think its a tire thing...feels like more mechanical.

When my tires are @14 psi on concrete not bad,10psi on dirt its hard to push.

I own a body shop guys....I know a mechanical drag when I feel it...its not tires. Just asking what the usual culprits are is all and where to look

Jack that dude up then and go wheel to wheel and see where the resistance is. Hopefully it's isolated to just one wheel.

I believe James is referring to a gasket as pulling the wet clutch out to inspect it but jack it up and spin and shake first simple quick things first.. mine is pretty easy to pull/push with my mudlites sitting and not running

chuddly wrote:

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

chuddly wrote:

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

i would check it if it has any stall

How would i go about doing that?

you will need a gasket to look at it

Ok...but where do i look?

To get to the wet clutch, pull the Hotrod sheave off, then the fixed sheave behind it, then there is a cover (that is where there is a gasket),. behind that cover is Your wet clutch.

well done firefighter...

Did you ever find out what it was?

havnt had time....I hope to look at it this week. Maybe Wednesday???? I wanted to add its nothing horrible because I was able to clock my self with GPS at 52mph yesterday.

Just installed my new JBS HOTROD sheave,set tires at 10PSI and now it rolls free and easy.