My battery is on about its last leg. Almost 5 years so i would say i got my money out of it! What do you guys recommend for a replacement?

The gauges on my 2010 Sportsman 500 stopped working recently, but the machine still started and ran. I read online that a common problem is the Rect-Regulator. So I purchased one and installed it. After installing, the machine started once but the gauges never worked. I did check the fuses, to eliminate those, all checked good. I then tried to start the machine again and I have nothing now. Not even a click or any lights. There is no power to anything on the machine. Is there a master fuse somewhere, I did check the battery and have 12 volts there. Going to spend some time going over the atv this weekend. Thanks!

Have done the usual search, but came up with nothing.

Ride; 2001 Sportsman 500 HO 1700 miles, 225 hours.

Situation; when cold, or not ridden very far (plowing mosly so far) it shifts from low to reverse fine… once it gets a little warm, it starts grinding going into gear… reverse, hi, low. Idle has not been touched… I bought it used from a second owner that did not ride very much… so no background on the machine from him….

question, why does it grind when its warm? its pretty bad grinding… any thoughts??

thanks in advance… if needed I can get a vid of it this weekend.

Hey gents

Quick question for you, not sure if I am over thinking this. Picked up a dyno jet kit for my 2010 Sportsman 400. It says optimum main jet is 160 (157.5 stock) I am running oversized tires with stock muffler at 2000′ alt in temps about 5F and warmer.

Question is should I increase the other jets in there as well. Can’t remember the name of it but there is another jet (160 stock) should I bump that up to 165? Kit instructions don’t say anything about it.

I guess since I have you here, any opinions on drilling out the slide?

Thanks in advance

Soup

I’m in the process of replacing the head gasket and base gasket. I noticed the new head gasket has big holes on one side and small hole on the other and also one side of the gasket has a high ridge. I don’t remember the holes on my other one being this way. Can someone help with orientation as the service manual has nothing about it in there.

PROBLEM: Polaris 2006 Sportsman 800EFI
Turn key and it cranks up and then shuts right back off. Sometimes it would idle but as soon as I gave it throttle it would shut off.

So after changing the fuel Pump still doing same thing. I then bought a Fuel Pressure Tester & Fuel Injection Pump Tester from Harbor Freight for around $15 and was only getting about 3psi at the fuel injector test port. Because I’m a novice I didn’t check the tank at first so I pulled the fuel pump assembly back out and viewed the tank with a flashlight. It had the old fuel pump sock residue all in it. I took the tank and cleaned it out thoroughly. Put back together and same thing. I then went to Napa and purchased a MPF 3-19679 Fuel Pressure Regulator at $66.99. I replaced it and it was a perfect fit. No modifications needed. Turned the key and it fired right up. It runs like a champ now.

All I needed to do in the first place was completely clean out the tank, replace the Fuel Pressure Regulator(Napa MPF 3-19679) and put a new Strainer(Napa AFP FS111) on the Fuel Pump(Napa APF E8198).

A special thanks to AKStew for the very informative piece that he did on the fuel tank and servicing the Fuel Pump.

I am very happy to have my 800 running and now I will follow this exact procedure on my 2007 Sportsman 700EFI because it is doing the same thing.

2010 ranger 800 xp 2 seater. Engine starts poorly cold, Starter spins good but engine throttle has to be feathered to keep it running until warm. Runs good after warm, no codes set in computer.

I went to start the X2 yesterday to ride around the lake and all I got was a click. Really got two clicks if you count the turf mode clicking. Took the battery off and put the tender on all night and it didn’t charge up at all. I thought the tender was bad maybe but hooked it up to the motorcycle and the green light came on in about 30 minutes. I took it to the auto parts store and they said it was bad. The meter showed about 12.6V but when they put the tester on and put a load on it the needle dropped pretty fast. The kid doing the tested was a little confused so I am going to get it checked again tomorrow. It has been on about 5 years without a tender so it is getting close for a new one.

Ronnie

Good morning. I have a 2013 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO. I noticed the clear vent line that comes off of the gas tank and routes up into the steering hub had a crack in it. Well when I grabbed it to inspect it it just cracked and fell apart. Im sure it has to do with ethanol gasoline but only in two years? Anyone else had this problem?