2011 Yamaha rhino axle change

Its usually not to hard. I can do them on my polaris ranger in an hour if everything goes well. I have had problems with the little snap ring not compressing (inner spline). There is a slide hammer tool you can purchase to help with this.

I started squirting penetrating oil on mine ahead of time to help reduce this. (They get rusty and don't want to cooperate.)

Fixing to change another one soon.

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problems with the little snap ring not compressing (inner spline). There is a slide hammer tool you can purchase to help with this.

I started squirting penetrating oil on mine ahead of time to help reduce this. (They get rusty and don't want to cooperate.)

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This will be your biggest hurdle.

If it's anything like a grizzly should be easy. I would also go ahead and get the wheel bearing like said above.

Someone give me some tips to changing the wheel bearings.

Step one: buy a new axle nut.

Step two: look up the torque spec on axle nut.

Step three: eat your fricking wheaties baw



It's a pretty simple job, except for the fact that if you use a torque wrench to reinstall, you will very likely break said torque wrench

I got the axle nut off already. Took a breaker bar and 230lbs leaning on it.

Getting the old bearings out is a whole other beast.

Well dayum, 230ftlbs seems to high to me. I’d double check that.

If you watched a handful of YouTube videos you shouldn’t have an issue getting the axle out. Back is an easier job than the front to.

As for the bearings… Pop your seals out. Remove snap ring. Drive old bearing out the side the snap ring came from. Go back up in reverse. Don’t drive the new bearing in by hitting the center race, only outter. Put grease in the lips of both seals.

Get a properly set of punches.

Also... Retorque is 175 or so.

Bought a set of blind bearing pullers. Took 2 mins