I recently bought a 2009 sportsman 500 awd from a guy who never greased the rear yoke. Not sure what or if anything else happened but the rear yoke on the drive shaft and the shaft coming out of the transmission are stripped. I was looking at drilling a hole through the shaft and the yoke like the front has and try that for a while to see how it works. I don’t use the 4×4 a lot and am not rough with the machine. My concern is: I believe the snorkel shaft is hardened steel and didnt know if I could successfully drill it. My other option is to pull the transmission and try to fix it myself. I am capable of pulling the tranny out but have no clue about splitting the transmission and replacing the shaft and the other gears that it’s connected too. Is this an easy task once the transmission is out? I’m alway the guy nervous about taking something apart and parts going everywhere and not knowing where they go. My first option is the one I’m seriously considering because of cost. A used transmission is in the $600 range and I’m sure the dealership would be in the $1000+ range to fix mine. That’s outta my budget. So, anyone ever drilled one or is this thing easy to take apart and fix??

I recently bought a 2009 sportsman 500 awd from a guy who never greased the rear yoke. Not sure what or if anything else happened but the rear yoke on the drive shaft and the shaft coming out of the transmission are stripped. I was looking at drilling a hole through the shaft and the yoke like the front has and try that for a while to see how it works. I don’t use the 4×4 a lot and am not rough with the machine. My concern is: I believe the snorkel shaft is hardened steel and didnt know if I could successfully drill it. My other option is to pull the transmission and try to fix it myself. I am capable of pulling the tranny out but have no clue about splitting the transmission and replacing the shaft and the other gears that it’s connected too. Is this an easy task once the transmission is out? I’m alway the guy nervous about taking something apart and parts going everywhere and not knowing where they go. My first option is the one I’m seriously considering because of cost. A used transmission is in the $600 range and I’m sure the dealership would be in the $1000+ range to fix mine. That’s outta my budget. So, anyone ever drilled one or is this thing easy to take apart and fix??

Hello everybody,

Pulled the clutch on the 04.5 500 today to clean it off and check up on things, and make sure the gates belt was the right part number.
It has about 5 cracks in the outer sheave and needs to be replaced.
If this were my machine I would already have one ordered from Ridinagain, however my father is not one to spend the extra money like that for a superior product.

Having said that, what is my best option? Seeing how you can not know exactly what an item on eBay will turn out to be, are there any good sellers for this kind of an item? Are the Niche Cycle replacement ones off eBay any good?

Could really use some guidance on this, leaving on a big trip on the 4th so not to much time to mess around.

Thanks for the help

I greased my rear ujoint zerk on my 570 Sportsman but used more than 3 pumps on the grease gun. Grease had oozed out the ujoint area and gone all over after a short ride. Is there a seal or something that I screwed up?

Hi guys Im new to this.
I’m replace my engine mount on my atv finished the front, side and was going to do the back ones to, but not sure where to start can’t get in there. Some help guys.

I bought a 2008 Polaris 500 2up over the winter. I didn’t hook the battery to a tender, and the battery drained. I purchased a new battery, but now it won’t start. When I hook up the new battery and turn the key, the electronics DO turn on. The problem is, when I push any button, or try and turn the engine on, the electronics shut off. I have to disconnect, and reconnect, the battery for the electronics to come back on, and it is still the same issue of the power turning back off. I have checked all the fuses, and they seem to be okay. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I bought a 2008 Polaris 500 2up over the winter. I didn’t hook the battery to a tender, and the battery drained. I purchased a new battery, but now it won’t start. When I hook up the new battery and turn the key, the electronics DO turn on. The problem is, when I push any button, or try and turn the engine on, the electronics shut off. I have to disconnect, and reconnect, the battery for the electronics to come back on, and it is still the same issue of the power turning back off. I have checked all the fuses, and they seem to be okay. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi,
I have a 03 sportsman 90 that will not start. It took a while but I got it running but the carb leaked. I rebuilt the carb and I can’t get it to start. It has spark and it seems it’s getting fuel. I keep checking the plug and it’s not flooding. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

I have a 2007 Sportsman 500X2 EFI that I changed the stator in. I put in an aftermarket one as it was $300 bucks cheaper than a factory one, the problem now is hat it only runs for about 5-7 minutes then dies without a fault showing on the cluster. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I have a 2007 Sportsman 500X2 EFI that I changed the stator in. I put in an aftermarket one as it was $300 bucks cheaper than a factory one, the problem now is hat it only runs for about 5-7 minutes then dies without a fault showing on the cluster. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.