I'm new to these forum things but figured I give it a try as I am fed up with this Rhino I bought off a friend last winter. I bought it mainly to plow our driveway along with our neighbor's driveways and have used it for that and just general work around our property. On occasion we just take it for a rip around but never do any serious trail ridding or anything. Ever since I got it, it's been nothing but problems. It was going through CV joints like crazy until we upgraded to some HD ones. It was fine for awhile until the bracket that the diff is mounted to broke off. So we had it professionally welded, it lasted about a week, then we welded it again. Soon after that, the axles decided to do this new thing where they just fall out of the rear end and all the oil comes out. Cool. That happened twice. Once I got them in for good, I realized there was no oil in the rear end. This reminded me that I should also check the engine oil even though we just changed it. Good thing I did because it was also empty! Filled them both up to the proper levels, only to get a really strong burning oil smell while I was plowing. Figured it was the engine but there was no smoke. I checked the engine oil, it was lower. So I thought, must be burning oil. Just for the hell of it, I also checked the rear end and the brand new diff oil I had just put in was completely burnt and black. Changed it again, added motor oil to the engine, and repeat. This is the cycle I go through every time I plow. Living in the mountains in Pennsylvania, this is at least every other day. To top it off, half the time, reverse is a bitch no matter how warm the rhino is, It'll stall when I put it in reverse, resulting in me just giving it throttle as I jam it into reverse out of frustration. Come spring I plan on selling this thing as soon as possible and buying anything not Yamaha. My buddy has a 660 quad and has more problems than I do! I'll probably buy a truck with a plow and still have money left over. Any advice is much appreciated! We're getting another snow storm tomorrow so wish me luck!
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