Category Archives: ATV General Discussion

Carlisle 489 ii (JUNK) – Anyone Running Swamp Lites

So I’m tired of plugging replacing 489’s and looking to upgrade.
I’ve replaced 4 489 ii’s, always front left tire due to sidewall punctures.

Anyone with experience (good and bad) with Interco Swamp Lites?
My buddy is running GBC Reapers due to my recommendation and seem to really tear it up, but really liking the Lites.

Suggestions on others welcome as well.

Scrambler 1000 BTW

Chains on front wheels…spacer?

Tried a few searches, didnt find much on this…
I want to put chains on the front (and back) of my 2010 sportsman 500 HO. The back is easy and done. The front has very tight clearance between the tire and the shock "strut". Is there a spacer plate that can be used to move the tire a 1/4" or so from the strut to get clearance? Is adding a fender washer or 2 behind thee wheel a good redneck solution for this ?

Switching to Synthetic Fluids; Input, Please

2015 Rubicon 4X4 DCT. Just purchased new, I’ve put 30 miles and <6 hrs. on it. Dealer said first service is @ 100 miles or 20 hrs., whichever comes first. I plan on switching over to fully synthetic fluids @ that time and I would like some input, please. I’ve always run Mobil 1 fully synthetic fluids in all of my vehicles except for Amsoil pre-mix oil in my snowmobiles when I lived up north in the UP of Michigan. The dealer said that Honda makes/sells a fully synthetic engine oil they can change it to @ the first service. I also have the green (ethylene glycol) antifreeze whereas the 2016’s come with the blue antifreeze (per my dealer, for aluminim engines). My questions are:

1) Go with the fully synthetic Honda or Mobil 1 engine oil @ first service?
2) Should I change the front and rear differential oil to fully synthetic?
3) Does Honda make/sell a fully synthetic differential oil?
4) Should I change the green antifreexe out for the blue?

Whichever I go with will be what I stay with for the life of the machine. Price really isn’t important; highest quality and what’s best for the longevity of the machine is. I know Amsoil makes a great product but it’s kind of hard to find in my area. I prefer to go front-to-back with the products from the same manufacturer as I’ve never been one to mix brands. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

2000 SCRAMBLER cam problems ? HELP

any help would be awsome thanks … so i have this atv that bogs/misfires or somthing not sure how to explain it when i touch the throttle in forward nutral havent tried reverse .. it used to only do it after 15-20 mins of riding now it dose it all the time and then somtimes it dosent do it its very weird anyway i have pics of the cam was wondering if somone could tell me if it llooks ok or not and if it dose look ok what else could be wrong ..i got ripped off pretty bad when buying this thing…… also the clutch rattles really bad while running nutral/drive not sure if that has anything to do with it … i dont think its fuel related lots of gas ..it dose have orange spark not strong blue … i dont know im at a total loss been trying to figure this out since summer

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Fuel injection fuel filter

Hey guys, I tried a search but came up empty so here goes. I noticed my 2012 foreman was running "rough" the other day so I added a little sea foam to the gas and it seems to be doing fine. Was wondering is there a fuel filter on it and is it a easy change? Haven’t had time to pull the plastics off to have a look yet and thought y’all would know and save me the trouble. Thanks

Fuel injection fuel filter

Hey guys, I tried a search but came up empty so here goes. I noticed my 2012 foreman was running "rough" the other day so I added a little sea foam to the gas and it seems to be doing fine. Was wondering is there a fuel filter on it and is it a easy change? Haven’t had time to pull the plastics off to have a look yet and thought y’all would know and save me the trouble. Thanks