I am having issues starting my 2010 sportsman 550. If you just turn the key, it just continously turns over but doesn’t start. I have to pump the throttle over and over. Sometimes it starts after a minute or two and sometimes it just won’t start. I’ve drained the battery trying to start it a couple times. While pumping the throttle, I occasionally get what seems to be air blowing backing out of the air filter and have had it backfire a couple times.
Once started, I have to keep giving it some gas til it warms up or it will die, then have to start the starting procedure again. Once it warms up it runs great.
Any help would be appreciated before I have to take it to the dreaded dealer.
New here, ive searched the forum but havnt found what im looking for exactly. I just got a 2010 polaris sportsman 550 EPS and I need to change the shift shaft. The linkage is stripped and I have a new one, but the teeth and threads on the shift shaft are all tore up as well. It appears vice grips may have been used to get it back in gear or something. What exactly do I need to do to change the shift shaft out? Do I need to pull the transmission or is there a simpler way? Thanks for the help.
New here, ive searched the forum but havnt found what im looking for exactly. I just got a 2010 polaris sportsman 550 EPS and I need to change the shift shaft. The linkage is stripped and I have a new one, but the teeth and threads on the shift shaft are all tore up as well. It appears vice grips may have been used to get it back in gear or something. What exactly do I need to do to change the shift shaft out? Do I need to pull the transmission or is there a simpler way? Thanks for the help.
