What’s up everybody! Was hoping to get this top end back together but of course problems…
I’m trying to put the cam and timing chain back on my 400ex. Trying to turn the flywheel over to the "T" mark to get the piston at TDC. Well, I can only crank it so far counter clockwise until there are two little single vertical notches about an inch apart but from my understating I should be able to freely turn it counter clockwise correct? I’m not going to lie i did try going the opposite way until I could go only so far and still didn’t find "T". Please Any suggestions?
I’m might add this is all new to me! Hope I’m not in over my head lol. I was to get it back together today.
Just picked up a 95 xplorer for shits and giggles.
Had the cylinder bored 1mm oversized with new piston and rings. Carb kit and new brakes
Now it appears that a previous owner tried to tap the cylinder down in place and has left a beautiful little dent on the top of the outer cylinder wall immediately over the exhaust port. It’s now pissing out anti freeze and making a bit of a mess.
Would appreciate any guidance on how to deal up this little dilemma.
Just picked it up last night. Test rode outlander 650 max and the 850 touring. They were comparable price and equipped. The narrow seating of the Polaris was the biggest factor in my choice. My hips tend to ache, the wider the seat the greater the discomfort.
I love the smooth power and ride of the Polaris. Wife did prefer the outty seat a bit better, a little more roomy, but not enough to sway to the can am.
Couple questions.
$1000 dollar 5 year warranty necessary? Rear box to take the place of the seat when in one up mode? After market integrated winch available? Any quirks I need to know about?
Actualy this not for my polaris ATV but for my dad’s UTV. Its a 2008 cub cadet volunteer 748 efi. The issue is the CVT always stay engaged. You are not able to put the tranfer case into neutral or to put it in gear without a big grinding noise. I checked the belt and the tension on the belt is far greather than on my sportsman. The bel seem to be smaller than it should be. I checked and the belt in it has the correct part number. The problem seem to be in the cvt desing. I checked the belt wear and its ok the belt has the correct width. Another strange thing is the belt is not seating at the top of the secondary clutch like my polaris. I think a belt a tad longer will solve the problem what youy think ?
Just saying hello. I just joined yesterday after watching the site for a few months. Seems there is an amazing amount of knowledge and some great folks here. I posted a quick question last night and was not only given exact answer I needed, but a link to the part and a welcome as well. I look forward to talking and learning with all of you, and sharing stories, thoughts and ideas here as well.
I own a 2011 550 grizz as well as 2014 full camo 700 griz.
Nothing better than taking them and my boy out riding. thanks for your time,
Matt
I was riding along the other day and the oil temp light flashed it didnt remain on but periodically would come on.
I couldn’t be sure if the fan was running or not. I recently bought the machine and am learning. little by little.
Im thinking the fan should only come on if the temp reaches a certain level if the fan is being controlled by the controller. I know the fan works as I disconnected it from the what I think is the controller and put voltage to it and it turns and I can reverse polarity and it reverses.
Let ask this. If I bypass the controller and run power to it with a switch and use it when the light comes on or just run it all the time when Im riding will it draw too much from the battery or what kind of problem would that create?
I found a used unit (fan) and bought it and just put it on the shelf for now. I actually bought it before I checked out the fan on the machine. Also there is a clear plastic tube that lead up and into the headlamp for what ever reason. Ive got the front fender assembly off but still can’t see if the fan turns when the temp light come on. If I just run power to it should I polarize it to draw air to the cooler from in front or push air at the cooler from behind. any help with this sure make my day. I found controllers on line for about $50 but Im not even sure it (the one on the machine) is not working right and my wifes is raising an eyebrow if she raises two…
I was riding along the other day and the oil temp light flashed it didnt remain on but periodically would come on.
I couldn’t be sure if the fan was running or not. I recently bought the machine and am learning. little by little.
Im thinking the fan should only come on if the temp reaches a certain level if the fan is being controlled by the controller. I know the fan works as I disconnected it from the what I think is the controller and put voltage to it and it turns and I can reverse polarity and it reverses.
Let ask this. If I bypass the controller and run power to it with a switch and use it when the light comes on or just run it all the time when Im riding will it draw too much from the battery or what kind of problem would that create?
I found a used unit (fan) and bought it and just put it on the shelf for now. I actually bought it before I checked out the fan on the machine. Also there is a clear plastic tube that lead up and into the headlamp for what ever reason. Ive got the front fender assembly off but still can’t see if the fan turns when the temp light come on. If I just run power to it should I polarize it to draw air to the cooler from in front or push air at the cooler from behind. any help with this sure make my day. I found controllers on line for about $50 but Im not even sure it (the one on the machine) is not working right and my wifes is raising an eyebrow if she raises two…
I decided to buy an Ogio rack bag to be able to have some storage on our rides.
I went to put the bag on but couldnt find a secure way to attach it to the rear rack.
The bag comes with a bunch of velcro straps, and 2 D-rings on the back. The velcro isn’t in the right spots or its not long enough to work well. It would be just fine on a metal rack like most other brands have. I’m sure I could have used something thru the D-rings but decided to try something else.
I drilled 4 holes in the bottom of the bag and install some grommets.
I built some home made lock and ride fasteners with expansion plugs and tee nuts. I ran bolts thru the grommets and into the expansion plugs. Removal/installation takes just a minute or two with an allen key.
Can i run my stock 05 grizzly 660 rims with 27x11x12 tires they will either be mega mayhem itps or silverbacks i haven’t decided yet. Im just wondering if ill be rubbing too much where ill need spacers or new rims
First off I knew what I wanted when this project was done, I figured when starting it it would be fairly simple lol boy was I wrong. What I wanted was a 2 inch lift with the high clearance A-arms front and rear. Simple right? So first and foremost I could not of done with without Jon from Precision Performance Parts and his bushings. He was my contact with SuperATV and was the guy that found out there arms wont fit Sportsman 1000’s because there made out of bigger tubing and the shocks hit. So started do some research and found Xtreme lift kits, here’s a pic of the lift I got from them.
Also found with my research that the new 2016 Polaris Sportsman HighLifter edition got all its ground clearance from there 29.5 inch tall tires. So I figures what the heck and ordered those A-arms form Cheap Cycle Parts. Heres one of the 4.
First problem I ran into on the rear A-arms is my quad has the Fox Racing shocks (one of the biggest reasons for buy this quad to me)
See the reservoir on the bottom of the shock and how close it is to the A-arm? Well with the high clearance arm they hit big time. So now what? Well i will say if your sportsman has regular shock then these arms SHOULD fit just fine. I see no problem with them fitting at all. So I started think what if I set my quad up on jack stands with the 2 inch lift in it and measure for the ground to the bottom of the rotor and stet up some blocks for that distance and just fab up my own shock brackets and see if we can make these things work? Also the HighLifter A-arms don’t have sway bar brackets witch I want. So thats what I did. I ended up making the mounts the 2nd try, and once I got those made.
I took the 2 inch lift out of the rear since I had the height I needed and then bolted the shock mounts to the shock and mounted the a-arm on the quad with the blocks under the rotor (for my 2 inch lift height)
Once I got it where i wanted it I tack it in place and pulled a-arm off the quad and welded it up.
Here it is with one HighLift arm on and the other is factory.
Here they are all powder coated and ready for install.
The front arms were easy lol, just install ball-joint and bushings and install.
I’ll get better pics sometime soon, its raining here today so will have to be next week sometime. I’ll also get compairison pics of my factory 2009 850 with shocks turned all the way up to this one so you can see the differance. At the footwell the 09 reads 12.5 inchs and the 15 reads 14.75. I have 27 inch tall tires on my 15 and 26’s on my 09.
Again thanks Jon, and by the way these bushings are bad—.
