A buddy of mine bought a Honda Foreman ES recently even though I told him that buying a snorkeled atv was a big negative. He claimed it was a buddy of his, the bike had low hours and it had never been in the mud. Really? It's never been in the mud but is lifted, has huge mud tires, a snorkel, radiator kit & about 5 entry bands from Boggs & Boulders on the handlebars

Anyway, he put it in 4x4 this weekend to drive through a muddy part of the property and it will not go back into 2x4. It will forward/n/reverse and shifts fine. When he puts it in 2x4 it doesn't engage and just acts like it is in neutral. I know they are notorious for having bad angle sensors but that doesn't impact the transition to 4x4 does it? Anyone seen this before?

Im telling you It's got mud in the gear box.

I would offer some help but first you said it's a honda foreman and then you said it's a bike. Now I'm confused and need a drink.

my bet is it has mud all in the lower end...... or the linkage has become disconnected. my money is on mud though...

When you said Boggs and Boulders I knew it was tore up.

My bet is mud in the lower end.

That machine was screaming "Mud Bike" all over it?

What foreman does he have, 450 or 500 and what year is it? If its the 500 is it the foot shift or the foreman Rubicon thats automatic? Are you saying when he puts in 2wd that the bike stays in 4wd or the bike won't go at all when you select 2wd?