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2003 Honda foreman 500 slippage???

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Hey guys and gals,
Just a question about my 2003 Honda foreman 500
Yesterday I had the trailer hooked up and loaded a bunch of firewood into it( nothing more than I normally do)
And started to drive in low gear , the rear tire of the trailer was up against a rock, I tried to give it more has to see if it wouldn't roll over the rock like I normally do...all of a sudden as I'm accelerating, I hear what sounds like a winch being pulled on free wheel....like something was slipping....never heard anything like this before and have no clue what it is...I unhooked the trailer and went to get my other bike and as soon as I took the trailer off the bike road fine...my first thought was the gears in the front diff were screwed...any ideas?
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Yep, Harig is the Hondamatic guy. I think he can fix them if you catch it before the whole thing blows up.

If you have another early Rubicon I would tear this one down, send the Hondamatic off and have it fixed, then you have a spare.

Prices on parts aren't going to go down on these things over time. I'm hoarding parts for all of mine.
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