Thread: Side by Sides - second hand

Around the 10k mark will get you a very second hand high km one most likely. They are around 20k+ for the four big brands. So the ones that have been around long enough to be around 10k will be the Yamaha rhino 660 and 700. Can am commander and the kawasaki mule and Teryx.

On the yamaha check for these common fucked out bits....brake pads, ujs, engine mounts, cv boots/which lead to cvs, a-arm bushes, wheel bearings, cracked frame around rear diff. Sometimes the 4wd shits itself normally a sensor/fuse. The drive system needs to have been serviced properly with the pulleys pulled off and the weight greased properly with cvt grease(not normal grease),pulley surfaces need to be smooth, belts last for ages on yamahas but a fuked cvt system on a rhino will get up and go slowly hit a flat spot and then mabe climb over that and reach full speed. Check engine braking if keeps running away on ya after taking foot of the gas the one way bearing behind front pulley is shot.

On the can am.. Same sort of shit really except the drive systems are crap, belts peel apart, ujs wreck themselves, cv joints strip all due to weight and power. Then there is the electrical systems, plenty of times we were rung up because theyve just stopped in the middle of the paddock. electronic keys were a nightmare.

Kawasakis mules are just plain old slow with there lawnmower motors, but they hardly break down. the Teryx was more like a rhino, was alright.

Dont know much about the hondas they look like big fat pigs aswell.

They all have there issues, and cost more to service due to there weight and still using atv running gear, a well serviced rhino will be more reliable than the can am, but your only wanting to spend 10k so your not gonna get a flash one. Ive been to yamaha/can am factory training and fixed enough of them to know they all crap out eventually.