I had a little "incident" on my 2014 Sportsman 850 XP the other day… lets just say the puddle was deeper than it looked. Anyway, the headlight pod is heavily damaged and the ATV won’t start. The connector on the back of the cluster was damaged, 2 or 3 wires may have been crushed/cut and the cluster housing took some heavy damage as well.
Aside from that, some lower priority damage includes the upper and lower pod body parts, the throttle lever snapped off, and the handlebars both rotated and bent forward. Most of that I can fix on my own.
I’m just looking for some input from the knowledgeable crowd about what might be preventing the ATV from starting.
- Does the cluster have to be connected for the machine to run?
- If the answer to #1 is no, did I interrupt a circuit in the cluster harness that’s preventing the unit from starting?
- Can I get my hands on the connector/pins to replace that part of the main harness?
- If I have to buy a used cluster, will the dealer adjust the hours/miles?
- Does anyone have a working time machine that can take me back to Friday morning?
I know there are common sense answers to most of those questions above, but I’m hoping to hear "some" good news that might make this repair cheaper than the $2300 the dealer quoted.
Thank you for your time!
