any one else thinks joyner 800 sand viper r junk

Posts: 26 · Padawan Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 26 Pictures: 0

i have a 2008 sand viper buggy and its nothing more than a pice of junk. we took it out 2 times and it broke both times. i broke the output shaft in it the first and seced time we took it out.so i got a open diff 4 it put it in went 2 the woods 4 the 3 time .went up the trail about 200 feet . and broke the left side axle.now does anybody c y i think thes thing r junk .so 4 me when i get this pice of junk going again its gone.migh try 2 drive it up the road and back just 2 c if it make it or not .no more of thes junk 4 me .the only thing is do know if i can get my mony back out of it or not. if not i will be putting a vw motor on it .i work in a welding shop and i know i can do it .just dont wont 2 .after paying that much 4 it who else has this kind of trouble of thes

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Putting a VW motor in it will just help you break more parts.

Posts: 26 · Padawan Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 26 Pictures: 0

well at least i will be able 2 go 2 the parts store and get parts .i mean i cand get the parts 4 it now but why bother when thay r junk anyways. and 2 put a vw motor on i think i wood be better off . dont know if anyone else has done it i might be the first .u never know untill u try .that would be cool 2 have a vw motor on it . i got a vw motor run good got all the means 2 do it . i am thinking very hard about doing this . if it keeps braking on me then i know it going on it one way r another .i have a welder and a touruh and a lot of steal so anything is posible

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If it is a junker I would get rid of it.Why keep a Bad Lemon it will eventually rot away and won't be worth anything.Get a better banana.James Dancing Banana

Posts: 26 · Padawan Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 26 Pictures: 0

you going 2 give me 9500 hunders 4 it . thats what i am saying i got it i am stuck with so i got 2 do something with .with that kind of mony in it i m am not the kind of person that lets something set and rot away

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where are you from like where will you be running it

Posts: 26 · Padawan Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 26 Pictures: 0

i am from tennessee and all we do is trail ride .

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That is what I mean try to sell it and see what you can get for it.No matter what you will never get what you paid for it new.If you cannot get a decent return on it then I would consider the VW upgrade and doing some welding and fixing the problems.The other solution is like most everyone else has to do ride it break it then fix it.Most of these Buggys just are not as reliable as they should be.Take Yerf Dog for example the could have spent a few more dollars and used grade 8 bolts and beefed up some of the welds.But for what you spent on your Buggy I feel your pain.I would not be very Happy either.2008 is it not under some kind of warranty? James Twisted Evil

Posts: 26 · Padawan Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 26 Pictures: 0

i didnt buy it from a dealer .. i brough it from a wholesaler witch was a big mistake .we have no joyner dealer around hear the buggy is bran new it had 2 mils on it .when i got joyner said because i didnt buy it from a dealer than the warrent is no good .so what can i do live and learn i guss .i know i have been bad mouth thes thing .i can say the motor run grate everthing looks good on the buggy its the out put shaft that keep breaking .witch meanes it was a poss track unit .joyner must have a lot of thes problom b4 .is why they made a open diff 4 it .hear what i think happend when i broke the first 2 outputshaft its put alot of stress on the alexs.so when i put the open diff in the alex wher alread bad .whitch i didnt check when i put it back together.so as of right now i am haveing re done .one thing i do know is with the open diff in it both wheel womt be pulling all the time .witch is a good thing 4 the type of riding i do so who know this might thke care of it .do get me wrong it make me mad because the buggy is new .i know nobody wonts 2 spend that kind of mony on enything and have that much trouble. just have t wate and c

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If you bought from a wholesaler(read auction) you got took on the purchase. Wholesale means wholesale. You paid retail for no warranty. There are dealers that could have shipped you a machine that would have been covered under warranty.

Typically the 800 and 1100 sand viper do not exhibit these problems but it is as with anything else, there are times when things don't mesh right and put additional stress on certain points. It appears that is the issue that you are having.

Joyner has a program now where you can buy exrtended warranty periods for machines. I do not know, however, if you will qualify as the machine was not purchased through a dealer.

Glade