Get Ready! The June 2016 Polaris ATV of the month contest is starting RIGHT NOW! This month we are looking for the best photo that features your Polaris ATV. So get out there, get creative, enjoy some safe riding and take some photos! We welcome everyone including vendors to participate. The winner of the contest is decided by you the community, so stick around for the voting process.

• The photo must be posted in this thread.
• Only one picture will be allowed, so make it your best!
• You must be the owner of the Polaris ATV.
• Please include a description of your ATV with a list of all modifications and enhancements.
• You can only win once every 12 months

Voting will begin around June 15th, 2016 and run to the end of the month. Once the voting ends we will publish the winning photos on the front page and the winners will also receive:

• PolarisATVForums Stickers
• Premium Membership
• $25 Gift Card
• Your bike will be featured on the home page of the site

Congrats to the transporter for winning this month!

the transporter

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Hi, I have a 2013 sportsman 500 HO. The gear indicator on my dash is reading incorrectly. For example, when in High the indicator will sometimes indicate N for neutral or sometimes R for reverse. Sometimes noting at all when in High. The biggest problem is when it indicates R for reverse when in high…the rev limiter cuts in as if in reverse. Sometimes it happens when driving along in high.

What could be the problem here? In the dash or I’m thinking it’s the sensor or whatever it is on the right side of transmission where the gear rods attach to.

Any helpe to point me in the right direction would be noce.

New member, and yes, I did post in the welcome section:icon_ peace:

Picked up a ’95 TRX300FW that’s in sad shape to restore/rebuild. Poor thing had been well abused, rode hard and put up wet!! Wish people would take better care of things, but that’s another story..

Got the whole thing torn down to bare frame. Of course, EVERY bearing except the front diff has to be replaced (steering bearing was completely gone, except for the outer ring which was still in the frame), no brakes, brake drums were still full of nice, brown, muddy slush-water as was the rear diff. Engine had no compression, bent intake valve because it kissed the piston. Believe it or not, the bore mic’s well in spec, and isn’t bad at all. Rings were stuck, and the stock piston and pin were worn out. Bottom end seems to be in great shape, considering everything else!
First question I have- the cam that is in this engine measures 1.420" tall side/ 1.189" short side, for a valve lift of 0.231". Service manual says it should measure 1.3901-1.3964 on "lobe height"..yet I got 1.420. Is this the right cam?? Only casting marks on the cam are an "H" and a "K". To me, lobes look pretty worn, but possibly still useable, if it is in fact the right cam.
Timing chain doesn’t appear to be stretched, but the timing chain guides are worn out. I checked the cam timing before I took everything apart, looked like it was timed properly, and even though the cam guides were worn the cam chain still had nice tension, so I don’t think it jumped time. I’m thinking someone either put in the wrong camshaft, or maybe overrevved it causing the intake valve to hit the piston? Valve springs are shot, btw..
Second question..I’d really rather have a 2wd than a 4wd. Don’t do much mud riding, caused too much damage! Torn down too many that were killed by mud, and I’d rather trail ride anyway..a little mud I can handle, but I’m not into trying to cross stuff Bigfoot would be scared of! Would I be better off parting this thing out, or just part out the 4wd parts, swap the side cover and drive/drive housing and a-arms/knuckles for 2wd stuff, or just rebuild it as a 4wd and live with the hard steering and 4wd handling?
Was thinking about a 420 Rancher knuckle-disc brake conversion if I converted it to 2wd..
Anyways, if any of y’all have any other input, I’d appreciate it! This is my first utility quad restore, I’ve done 3 LT250R Quadracers, 3 Warriors, a Blaster (disposible ATV haha), and a couple dirt bike restores over the years..I enjoy bringing them back from the dead!
Thanks in advance!

New member from Hattiesburg, MS area..recently picked up a well worn and abused ’95 TRX300FW to restore for trail riding and to use as a pit bike for my drag car.
Just a little background..over the years, I’ve owned several dirt bikes and quads, everything from a ’93 CR250R, ’89 KDX200, ’89 RM125, ’85 XL100, ’85 XR200, ’86 DR250, Y-brand Blaster in the early ’90s, to three or four Warriors, a Big Bear, a 2000(?) Rancher ES 2wd, three LT250Rs, and probably a couple more I forgot about (hey, memory started going south when I hit 40!!).
I’ve completely restored 3 LT250R quadracers (i love old 2 strokes), a couple Warriors, and have completely rebuilt several ATV and dirt bike engines, from split case all the way up rebuilds on just about any style dirt bike or atv engine (from air cooled 2 stroke up).
I’ve been into drag racing (bracket racing in particular) since the 1990, currently race a 1969 Chevelle powered by a 496/powerglide, runs 6.60s in the 1/8th and 10.70s quarter mile. I went to vocational school for automotive machine shop work, and did that for several years until I figured out the only way to make money doing machine work is to own your own shop, and considering the cost of shop equipment..well, I ain’t going to be able to do that EVER!
This is the first utility ATV I’ve ever restored, and from searching, this forum looks like the a-1 spot to get tech info on TRX300s…so here I am, and have patience with me and my stupid questions! Thanks in advance!

Hi all, need some help I fitted new EBC Clutch kit and it slips worse than ever before and I don’t under stand what has/happened. It selects gear perfect it will spin the rear tyres in 1st gear but once you have load it slips really bad 2-3-4 ect I change oil & filter atv oil that is oil filter in correct????? I just don’t understand how it could get worse than the old one ??? Anyone with any knowledge ??
Happy to strip it down but what should I be looking for ???

Are the front and rear A arm bushings the same ? 2002 sportsman 500. I replaced my front ones with delrin ones. Need to do back but don’t think I need a whole kit. I haven’t seen where I can just get rear bushings.

I bought a 2005 Rancher back in 2005 at the dealer. Never really rode it very much and then i bought a Teryx and sorta just left it out in the weather. Big mistake. well ive had to redo just about everything on it and I now have it about 90% back to original except it will not start off the button. The switch is new, the key switch is new, new battery, new solenoid. So if you cross over the solenoid over with a screw driver it will start up and I actually took my first ride on it this evening 6-2-16. the atv will shut off by using the key switch or the on/off switch. does anyone have a clue what is wrong? Do i have a broke wire? loose connection. My fuse box looks very shotty and rough. could that be the problem?

Saying hello from the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. i have a yellow 2005 Honda Rancher 2wd. i bought it new and for the past several years after buying a Teryx i sorta quit riding it and left it out in the weather… Big Mistake.. IM having to re-do everything on it but I actually took my first ride in a mighty long time on it this evening. 6-2-16.

Finally pulled the trigger on a new 2016 white sportsman 850 today. Pretty excited…. got it for 7600. I know that is higher then prices I’ve seen other members get on the forums. In Colorado it seems all toys go for a lot more then other parts of the country. regardless im excited to get out and ride and have some fun this summer.