P500 Who wants a diff. Lock ?

[Chooglin]

They are charging $400 for the Can Am lockers , so it should be about the same for the 500.........this is just a guess though

 

[pFive]

That would be nice!

 

[trigger]

RECEIVED THIS EMAIL TODAY!:
From: Cora Jokinen <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 7:27 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Form submission from: Contact Us

Hi John,

No deposit necessary, but I appreciate the enthusiasm!! We ordered a stock differential to take measurements from, we will get going in the R&D, ASAP! Feel free to share this info on the forum... and you can let the folks know, they don't need to keep emailing us, we are on it

Yes! Way to go Chooglin and nice work guys, way to bug the hell out of them and show how serious we are. Can't wait to get one of these put in, this thing will be even more of a billie goat.

 

[Chooglin]

Yes! Way to go Chooglin and nice work guys, way to bug the hell out of them and show how serious we are. Can't wait to get one of these put in, this thing will be even more of a billie goat.

I think you will be glad you bought the power steering after you put the locker in!

 

[illinoisdave]

i want one

 

[JCart]

Looks awesome, interested in what the steering effort will be when locked into 4x4. Guessing the Can Am has e steering? I'd guess will increase somewhat so good excuse to install e steering too.... sigh, it just never ends

 

[trigger]

I think you will be glad you bought the power steering after you put the locker in!

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Razorback]

I want

 

[JWB]

Yes! Way to go Chooglin and nice work guys, way to bug the hell out of them and show how serious we are. Can't wait to get one of these put in, this thing will be even more of a billie goat.

How about this email! God, I feel like a friggin teenager waiting for my first car- pathetic, I know.....

Cora Jokinen <[email protected]>
Today, 3:01 PMYou
HI John,

I saw the cheers in the form of new Likes to our FB page! Thank you!

For the Honda P500 we will design a TORQ Locker, it's the big brother to the Aussie Locker.

Here's some more info on the TORQ Locker design compared to other automatic lockers:

The TORQ Locker is the most advanced, strongest, highest quality automatic locking differential on the planet, proven in the most extreme vehicles from hard-core Rock Crawling, racing the King of the Hammers, Rock Bouncing, Sand Dunes and Mud Drags. To back this all up, Torq-Masters Industries offers an unprecedented 4 year warranty on the TORQ Locker with no tire size, horsepower limits or loopholes, quadruple the warranty of any other automatic locker on the market. Torq-Masters Industries is committed to building the highest quality locking differentials possible. To be the best, we build with the best, TORQ Locker is 100% Made in the USA with 100% USA raw materials.

Keep it Simple, no air-lines to leak, compressors to fail, cables to adjust or electrical gremlins, the TORQ Locker gives you piece of mind as a reliable, mechanical, automatic locker that can handle any terrain. The TORQ Locker design eliminates and integrates pesky locker components seen in all other automatic drop-in lockers. The spacers are gone and the dowel pins are now machined into the Cam Gears to form key-ways. The innovative design features of the TORQ Locker have three game-changing benefits;

• No dowel pins to install or fail. The Key-Way design of the Cam gears can't shear, ever.
• Easiest Locker on the market to install, no spacers, no dowel pins.
• Best On-Road manners of any automatic locker; the Key-Way design is more forgiving than the rigid dowel pin design. The Key-Way allows for smoother locker engagement. By eliminating the spacers they eliminated the leading cause of the pop some people experience with automatic lockers.

 

[906UP]

I'm ready.... I had the DONKEY in the garage looking at what it'll take to get the diff out. Looks time consuming but not overly difficult.

 

[Chooglin]

I'm ready.... I had the DONKEY in the garage looking at what it'll take to get the diff out. Looks time consuming but not overly difficult.

Lol..... I just came in the house after staring at the front diff. For 15 minutes.

It looks like the best way to remove it , would be to remove the winch and bash plate and pull it straight out the front of the machine!

I am hoping that the boot on the drive shafts doesn't need to come off.........it should be splined and just slide right out!

 

[Neohio]

Do we not have a service manual pdf for the 500 yet?

 

[Chooglin]

Do we not have a service manual pdf for the 500 yet?

This is my manual.........lol

http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts...00/o/m156932?gclid=CJXfgsS87s8CFQqJaQodf1AA2w

 

[906UP]

Lol..... I just came in the house after staring at the front diff. For 15 minutes.

It looks like the best way to remove it , would be to remove the winch and bash plate and pull it straight out the front of the machine!

I am hoping that the boot on the drive shafts doesn't need to come off.........it should be splined and just slide right out!

That's my thought as well, straight out the front, should be able to disconnect lower A-arm or balljoint to get enough room to pull CV's.

 

[Chooglin]

That's my thought as well, straight out the front, should be able to disconnect lower A-arm or balljoint to get enough room to pull CV's.

That was my plan also

 

[906UP]

I'd recommend doing the seals as long as it's out, #'s 40, 41 & 43 along with a new O-ring #45 that seals the 2 halves.

 

[JWB]

That's my thought as well, straight out the front, should be able to disconnect lower A-arm or balljoint to get enough room to pull CV's.

That's how I changed my front CV boots. A-arm bolts out, axle nuts off, tie the whole assembly back outta the way, yank the axels out, etc, etc,

 

[Chooglin]

That's how I changed my front CV boots. A-arm bolts out, axle nuts off, tie the whole assembly back outta the way, yank the axels out, etc, etc,

My concern is the front drives haft , does it just slide out of the diff. Case or is there something else that needs to be done to separate it from the diff. ?)

 

[Mudder]

Since I added Power steering, I would want one. How would you engage it, or is it full time? Found this on their website, looks like it only engages when needed. Sweet.

The Aussie Locker mechanism allows a wheel to turn faster than the speed of the differential that is driving it (differentiation), but never allows a wheel to turn slower than the speed the differential and engine is turning it (traction). Therefore, a wheel cannot ever stop turning if the engine is driving it, but in a corner it can be forced to actually turn faster. Unlike a standard differential, the engine can never drive one wheel faster than the other.

 

[906UP]

My concern is the front drives haft , does it just slide out of the diff. Case or is there something else that needs to be done to separate it from the diff. ?)

It looks like the input shaft on the diff is a splined stub and the driveshaft slides over it, should just pull off....maybe a spring detent similar to the CV axles.
See item #12 http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts...32?gclid=CJXfgsS87s8CFQqJaQodf1AA2w#sch910244

Looks like once the diff is loose the drive shaft will slip off both ends....the diff and output on the trans

Item #3 & #7 http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts...32?gclid=CJXfgsS87s8CFQqJaQodf1AA2w#sch910244