I have the brace but I've never once heard of anyone cracking their rear diff or the bolts without it. You have the play when you installed it because you didn't loosen the 4 diff mounting bolts as the direction say to do. Once you do this the brace will have no play whatsoever when installed and you tighten up the diff bolts again afterwards.
@@fullthrottlehq1645 Because everyone in the world told me it was a must have when I bought the machine because I ride hard (lots of air). Cecco makes a killing selling "piece of mind" hardware, but ultimately stuff you don't need on late model Sportsmans.
@newpylong well, fortunately, "lots of air" doesn't create that kind of failure. The failure is caused by extreme articulation (potentially rock crawling) when the machine is flexing at maximum. Therefore, the ears on the tab can break. But to each their own.
@@fullthrottlehq1645 If the rider actually keeps their sway bar on, I don't see how the quad could articulate enough to do what you describe and that's not the reason those I know install the rear diff brace. But looking at the design from a 1,000 foot view, it's easy to see how it could be damaged under several scenarios, including the one I mentioned. If you have the bottom half of the frame and the top half essentially resting on the diff, and you have 800 lbs leaving the earth and coming back down. Think about it... that said, as I mentioned I've yet to hear about one cracking or any other damage. Someone perhaps had this happen at one time and the hysteria started. Can Am has a similar thing going on in the Outlander where their receiver hitch is actually mounted directly to the rear diff, and it's a 2" receiver... anyone I know puts a brace on them who does heavy pulling. Not sure if one has ever broke though.
I was looking exactly for this. thanks man
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Will this work with the rear bumper?
I have the brace but I've never once heard of anyone cracking their rear diff or the bolts without it.
You have the play when you installed it because you didn't loosen the 4 diff mounting bolts as the direction say to do. Once you do this the brace will have no play whatsoever when installed and you tighten up the diff bolts again afterwards.
Interesting. So why did u buy the brace?
@@fullthrottlehq1645 Because everyone in the world told me it was a must have when I bought the machine because I ride hard (lots of air). Cecco makes a killing selling "piece of mind" hardware, but ultimately stuff you don't need on late model Sportsmans.
@newpylong well, fortunately, "lots of air" doesn't create that kind of failure. The failure is caused by extreme articulation (potentially rock crawling) when the machine is flexing at maximum. Therefore, the ears on the tab can break. But to each their own.
@@fullthrottlehq1645 If the rider actually keeps their sway bar on, I don't see how the quad could articulate enough to do what you describe and that's not the reason those I know install the rear diff brace. But looking at the design from a 1,000 foot view, it's easy to see how it could be damaged under several scenarios, including the one I mentioned. If you have the bottom half of the frame and the top half essentially resting on the diff, and you have 800 lbs leaving the earth and coming back down. Think about it... that said, as I mentioned I've yet to hear about one cracking or any other damage. Someone perhaps had this happen at one time and the hysteria started.
Can Am has a similar thing going on in the Outlander where their receiver hitch is actually mounted directly to the rear diff, and it's a 2" receiver... anyone I know puts a brace on them who does heavy pulling. Not sure if one has ever broke though.
Looks like those tires got a cut job? Ive looked for the review video on those tires from the radiator relocation video but cant find it.