XUV rear rattle

[RollTideRam]

I had some issues with the mower I bought for my tractor. I did several 40 mile trips trying to get it worked out, and I did not want to go through that with the xuv. Good luck all you new owners, they are alot of fun, mine sold today, so I'm officially out of the gator business. JC

 

[claykin22]

I've got 25 hours on my XUV now. Majority are just around the farm. When I do get out on the road, I can hear a rattle. My rattle was being caused by my bedliner. When I put the rear screen on the ROPS, I had to tilt the head of the bed back. This put a little play in the bedliner, and the result was this god-awful rattle w/road vibrations. I glued a piece of felt on the front of the bedliner...problem solved.
That's not to say I don't have some rattles, but every Ranger, Gator, and/or RTV I've every been on has made some noise. It isn't like we buy them with the same expectations as a Cadillac!

 

[Skipholiday]

I have close to 100 hours on mine and love it. My dealer ordered 10 to start with and has since ordered 10 more.
They have sold more XUV's in 3 months than they did in 2 years with the hpx.
Only 2 problems I have heard about were from one person. You can't please all the people all the time..
XUV is a helluva a little vehicle. I wouldn't deprive my boys nor myself of the enjoyment it brings for nothing in the world~!

Hey guys
I have almost 50 hrs on my xuv and have not had any problems except it louder than my 6x4. My neighbor has an 06 hpx and mine rides twice as good.
As far as the rearend is concerned I think it is as tough or tougher than the hpx.
My dealer had 17 xuvs in stock and sold all of them. I think it is a pretty fair machine for its first year
MM

 

[RollTideRam]

Sorry I never met up with you Skip. Even though I'm the one that was not pleased with my xuv, I'm glad nobody else is having trouble. As for depriving myself or my son, that's not going to happen. He has his gator, loves to ride the tractor and the x495 I brought home today. Plus we have a Samurai that is only a little bigger than the xuv, a whole lot cheaper, and will go anywhere I want to go. JC

I have the top and doors off for summer.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

j.d makes a good stronge utv i just think it needs a year and a drop in price atleast at the dealers around here that is.wiat til december if you want a xuv and all them 07's will be going real cheap with good discounts.

 

[Skipholiday]

Sorry I never met up with you Skip. Even though I'm the one that was not pleased with my xuv, I'm glad nobody else is having trouble. As for depriving myself or my son, that's not going to happen. He has his gator

I'm sorry I didn't meet you yet as well. We live close, eventually we will get another chance. I'm sure it would be a pleasure.
I'm sorry if you misunderstood my post. (I'm not the most eloquent poster)
My sons and even my wife have come to depend on the xuv. They use it for everything. Before the gator no one was very willing to do some chores. Now they think of chores to do so they can involve the gator. All my fence rows are clean. Barbwire is tight. All the rocks on my property and the neighbors have been relocated to my rock garden. Everyone seems to work better together. Its the best addition to our family since the 1st of 8 puppies~!

 

[jcmseven]

Craig.

I traded my gas XUV for the diesel model, and I do not have any rattles. In fact, it seems much tighter than the gas one I owned for four weeks., indicating to me JD shored up its finish work on these annoying noises pretty quickly. I do wonder if the rattle you might be hearing is the screener on the exhaust. My two previous HPX gators which had diesels rattled like that at idle and became quiet when RPM's increased. The only way I ever figured it out was that one of the screeners rattled so much and was loose enough to just fall off, and the sound disappeared. Because I am really not sure what these things really do aside from slightly reducing soot output, I left it off and it never rattled again. Just a thought.

John M

 

[Skipholiday]

Because I am really not sure what these things really do aside from slightly reducing soot output, I left it off and it never rattled again.

John M

Screener = spark arrestor. Please don't go offroad without one. The spark arrestor does as the name implies.They are not 100% effective but they do help prevent fires~!

 

[jcmseven]

Skip,

Thanks for the advice here. Interestingly, they DO rattle and frequently seem to fall off. So, I am not arresting many sparks seemingly.

John M