During my trip to the Hatfield and McCoy trails, I was approaching a turn in the trail, so I applied handbrake. The handbrake had no resistance and pulled all the way to the handlebar grip. The active descent and the foot brake were fortunately enough to slow the atv and avoid an accident. After the incident, I discovered the cotter pin had sheared on the left front castle nut. This allowed the castle nub to loosen and the front wheel hub to slide down the axle, which somehow allowed the brake pads to fall out!
I brought the machine into the dealer, since it only has 33 hrs and is under warranty. Polaris was consulted without action. Claiming the nut looked like it had been worked on before. (no sh!t, it was tightened on the trail to get home) What a crappy company and machine. I bought this machine with hopes there was an american made company still producing superior products.
After trailering the atv back to camp, I discovered the atv squeaking and moving forward without pressing the throttle. (This only happens when in L, H, or R at idle). Later discovered this was a frozen one-way bearing on the clutch.
Over heating exhausts, exploding front diffs, failed clutches... add one more to the pile Polaris.
