Great information on this board, before these methods of sharing information each of us had to fly solo.
Just dropped my son's Hawkeye off at the shop for the 3 time. First were for broken rear axles at the inner CV joint and as I now see from the board it was a common problem.
We just got back from Canada trip ATVing, the Haweye wasn't idling very well so I was checking the board and start seeing the issue with the breaking frame tabs that the lower rear A-frames connect to. I pulled the Hawkeye into the garage and sure enough mine were cracked as well, so back to the shop.
Once the bugs are ironed out it should be a good quad for the money. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]
Have you talked with the Consumer Safety Commission about the broken sub-frame as others have? They need enough reports so that Polaris will make it a recall and not charge for the repair after the warranty expires.
Originally posted by: ArmyHawkeye
OK. I just noticed that the Hawkeyes have only one brake in the rear on the left side. I guess because the diff is locked anyway??
Right. With a live axle-type situation, a brake is a brake, anywhere along the subsystem. Odd that his one isn't near the center, though.
BEWARE of the HAWKEYE. DANGEROUS
