Originally Posted by
maxking
Ontario Drive & Gear manufactures differentials for the automotive industry. So this is why it was decided to manufacture an amphibious Atv and use the same design for the drivetrain. An open-differential like on a rear-drive automobile. Most people in the north country know, you get stuck in the snow with a rear-wheel vehicle, only one side spins! The same is true on an Argo, there can never be 100% applied to both sides, 100% to one side, 80/20, 60/40, etc. to find out how your AATV is driven, simply do the "Floorjack" test. Elevate one side of your vehicle, start engine, put it in gear, on an argo the side off the ground will spin(unless you brake that side, then you can transfer power to the other side). On a Max, both sides will drive and it will walk off of the jack.