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Scooter829

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  1. Once I get back to working on it I plan to pull both sides.
  2. So far I’ve just tried pulling it by hand. I have a slide hammer that I’m gonna try when I get more time.
  3. Drained the diff fluid. It was at the right level and fluid looked good. No metal in it.
  4. I only pulled the cv from the hub on the left side. Didn’t not pull the right side CV. I haven’t been able to get the axle out of the differential yet. It’s stuck in there.
  5. Thanks for the add. I’m looking for some info and hopefully y’all can help me out. I’m looking a buying a 07 Foreman 500 from a family member. It’s been a hunting bike since new so it’s not been mudded or abused. Anyway, it starts and runs fine. About a month ago he was riding about 15 mph down a gravel road. Suddenly the front end started dragging and became really hard to steer. He put it on a trailer and brought it home. Yesterday afternoon I started tearing it apart to see what’s going on. He thought the breaks had maybe locked up. Pulled them off and both calipers and all the pad’s appear to be working properly. What I noticed was that with the wheels and calipers removed and the handle bars straight (it is very hard to steer to the right) the front hubs will not spin freely. If you turn the bars fully to the left, both front hubs spin freely. Once you begin to straighten the bars, the left side hub is almost impossible to turn. Also, as you straighten the handle bars, the left side a arm raises. As the suspension goes up, the hub binds and will not turn. Any ideas of what may be causing this? Nothing appears to be bent. No obvious bend in the tie rod. No obvious play in the tie rod end or ball joints. I thought possibly a bent shaft on the CV axle causing binding, but I can pull the cv out of the hub and move it to any position and it still spins freely. Even at angles it can’t reach when attached to the spindle. So I’m thinking it’s not an axle issue. But I really have no clue at this point.
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