Getting ready to pull my engine (2009 800 EFI) to get it rebuilt from the crank up. Due to inexperience and stupidity I created about a $2500 mistake. I was doing a top end rebuild due to the dirt down the intake history that so many have had. Anyway, as I was putting cylinders back on the engine, per D-Ray’s you tube series, I was putting wrist pins in and all seemed good until I turned the key and heard the dreaded noise that I never want to hear again. I thought a clip had popped out and maybe the wrist pin came out but upon dis-assembly the clips were perfectly seated. Problem was that the front cylinder connecting rod had slid out of the aligned position and I only put the pin in the piston, hence the terrible sound. Scored cylinder, cracked piston, bent exhaust valve which is all is all pretty much an easy fix except that I also have egg shaped connecting rod hole which means new crank and pretty much the bottom end as well. local mechanic says head is not damaged and rebuildable but doesn’t want to tackle the lower end because he doesn’t have the correct Polaris tools and the close bearing/crank tolerances. I have estimate from Hy-Tech (utvrebuilds.com) in Arizona for $2400 plus $100 return shipping with a 6 month warranty, just wondering if there is a good place in northern Michigan that anyone knows about that can do the job?

Getting ready to pull my engine (2009 800 EFI) to get it rebuilt from the crank up. Due to inexperience and stupidity I created about a $2500 mistake. I was doing a top end rebuild due to the dirt down the intake history that so many have had. Anyway, as I was putting cylinders back on the engine, per D-Ray’s you tube series, I was putting wrist pins in and all seemed good until I turned the key and heard the dreaded noise that I never want to hear again. I thought a clip had popped out and maybe the wrist pin came out but upon dis-assembly the clips were perfectly seated. Problem was that the front cylinder connecting rod had slid out of the aligned position and I only put the pin in the piston, hence the terrible sound. Scored cylinder, cracked piston, bent exhaust valve which is all is all pretty much an easy fix except that I also have egg shaped connecting rod hole which means new crank and pretty much the bottom end as well. local mechanic says head is not damaged and rebuildable but doesn’t want to tackle the lower end because he doesn’t have the correct Polaris tools and the close bearing/crank tolerances. I have estimate from Hy-Tech (utvrebuilds.com) in Arizona for $2400 plus $100 return shipping with a 6 month warranty, just wondering if there is a good place in northern Michigan that anyone knows about that can do the job?