I have a 94 400 2 stroke, just clicks when i hit the start button, starter and solonoid have been replaced, solonoid gets very hot when the key is on. clicking is coming from the little black box by the battery as well the lights wont turn on as well… Any ideas?? Thank you!

I’m looking for a atv mechanic my atv is making a clunking sound from the middle of the section

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I have an 06 500 Sportsman that the speedo quit working..everything else is working..4×4 even works…mine is the needle and not digital but everything else is digital..It was working fine when i shut it off and got back on it later and it wouldnt work…Anyone have any idea as to why?

HI guys this seems like a no brainer, but I just can’t believe this is actually the problem on such a new machine, so I am looking for some opinions,experiances and diagnostic techniques before I start ripping stuff apart. The machine is like new and I want to proceed with reasonable caution.

The Facts;
She is just out of warrantee (only 6 mo. boooo!) 2014 Sportsman 570 bone stock, tires too. Has only 25 hours and 250 miles, just had its first oil change. I don’t beat it at all, and wipe it with a diaper in the garage.

After some riding around the yard and driveway doing a little yard work (not towing anything) I noticed a weird ticking noise when I drove into the garage that I have never heard before. I am talking less than 10 minutes of easy riding on grass and tar.

I traced the slight ticking noise to the left side rear axle area as if you were sitting on the machine for L&R orientation.

Upon closer inspection the "cup" of the transmission side axle is too hot to touch, like you can’t touch it for more than a second. The other axle sides "cup" (exhaust side) is cool to cold to the touch and seems totally fine. The hotter it gets the louder the ticking noise, once it cools off it is still there, but not as bad.

The transmission itself feels cool to the touch and rear trans fluid levels are good.

There are no tears in the CV boot and clamps are sealed tight with no signs of grease leakage, it looks brand new. There is no play in the CV joints at all and they appear tight.

When back tires are off ground and rotated, noise and resistance are pretty consistent, with a little more resistance in one spot, but its really barley noticeable.

However it seems to me the tires are fairly hard to spin off the ground in neutral than one would expect, but I have no other point of reference as this is my first time working on a sportsman and with all the drive linkage there I can see a little drag through the tranny as being normal.

I know once I rip the CV boot or break the clamp to check the CV, I will be taking the axle off to replace the CV boots and possibly the CV joint/axle itself so I wanted suggestions to test the CV before I start taking bolts off…but it seems pretty obvious unless its in the trans, but again trans is cool, fluids ok.

I mean the ATV is like new and yeah I ride it in the woods and defiantly some mud and water, but nothing abnormal.

Any input or suggestions are appreciated I have had many 2 wheel drive ATV’s and am pretty handy with machines, but it just can’t be a dead CV already, it just can’t….

Initially I thought it was similar to a carbed bike having to warm up. Bike starts and idles fine, but give it a little throttle and it dies. It gets better after it warms up, but not to the point I would consider it normal. It’s like you have to get passed a certain point in the throttle. After that it’s good… no issues at higher throttle. At one point it was throwing t-bap related codes, but after cleaning it, checking the wires, and disconnecting the battery I get zero codes at all.

So far, I have started using ethanol free gas, added seafoam, replaced plugs, replaced air filter, replaced the boot between air box and throttle body, cleaned throttle body, cleaned t-bap, checked wiring harnesses on both t-bap and TPS. I was hoping it would be t-bap or tps, but no codes after cleaning and checking with volt meter. So now I’m stumped. The fact it gets a little better after it warms up has me baffled as well.

Initially I thought it was similar to a carbed bike having to warm up. Bike starts and idles fine, but give it a little throttle and it dies. It gets better after it warms up, but not to the point I would consider it normal. It’s like you have to get passed a certain point in the throttle. After that it’s good… no issues at higher throttle. At one point it was throwing t-bap related codes, but after cleaning it, checking the wires, and disconnecting the battery I get zero codes at all.

So far, I have started using ethanol free gas, added seafoam, replaced plugs, replaced air filter, replaced the boot between air box and throttle body, cleaned throttle body, cleaned t-bap, checked wiring harnesses on both t-bap and TPS. I was hoping it would be t-bap or tps, but no codes after cleaning and checking with volt meter. So now I’m stumped. The fact it gets a little better after it warms up has me baffled as well.

So my scrambler 500 4×4 started having issues about a year or so ago it wouldn’t accelerate the way it should the next time I rode it several months later it was a lot worse not it will only go about half throttle. Now It idels fine but once you give it gas it dies. I opened the air box thinking the carbs were gummed up so I was going to spray carb cleaner in it but I relized it is blowing exaughst out of the air box I was thinking that the valves spacing was off so I pulled it apart and checked them I adjested them to the what the manual said and it is still doing the same thing. Anyone have any ideas of why it would be doing this

I am in need of a 2006 sportsman 800 efi service manual very badly. I got myself in on a bad deal and need to due major work on a this quad. Can anybody help with a clean link or cheap buy option in PDF??

I am in need of a 2006 sportsman 800 efi service manual very badly. I got myself in on a bad deal and need to due major work on a this quad. Can anybody help with a clean link or cheap buy option in PDF??

Couple days ago while riding the HM Trails in WV while climbing back up the mountain my fan locked up and the engine started to overheat. Tried to hard wore the fan and it was completely shot. Went to the local Advance Auto and picked up an universal 12" fan. Everything worked great except yesterday while riding the same trails at almost same point the same thing happened. Once we got back to camp I started it up and let it get to temperature just to see what would happen and the fan came on through a few cycles just as it normally would. Any suggestions on what’s going on? Possibility the electric fans have a kill switch in the motor once they get too hot?