We bought an older Polaris 400 from a guy on craigslist. He told us it was 1994 but didnt have any paperwork with it so he wasnt sure.
We test drove it up and down some of the paths we have. We checked that the 4x4 worked...it did (in forward but we didnt think to check in reverse).
Any way we got a plow for it to do our driveway and some of our private road. It really flies down the road even pushing 6" of snow. The issue was when i pushed the snow into a pile and tried to back up...i just started spinning.
We got it back to the garage, jacked up the front end and took a look at it.
From what I can tell, the CV shafts are always powered, and the hubs only engage when you push the (on demand) 4x4 button. The hubs lick almost immediately for forward. When we try to shift into reverse from FWD or N in high, the front wheels do not continue to turn. Even if we put it in reverse then engage the 4x4 the front hubs do not engage.
can anybody offer any suggestions?