Yesterday my wife and I had a chance to go out and ride on a nice autumn day. She hasn’t had a chance to ride since early spring and this was a nice occasion. It was quickly ruined by our 2012 Polaris Sportman 850 XP EPS. After about 30 miles into the ride the front diff began making a whining noise. I pull over and discover that both hubs are loose and the seal for the front prop shaft has a seeping leak. The rest of the day was ruined. We packed up and went home to begin researching the repair process.

This quad only has 2000 miles on it and it has been nothing but problems. Late spring the one way bearing went out in the primary clutch, in August the wheel bearings, ball joints and bushings all had to be replaced. Then the u joints went bad in the front prop shaft. Now this… I spent more time working on it then actually riding it this year. From what I hear I am not alone. The 850 is being traded in for a Yamaha Grizzly 700 and I am officially done with Polaris. The Grizzly layout is so much more repair friendly and most of the components are simple and you don’t have to buy assemblies for the one little part that wears out. Polaris seems to love selling a common wear component as an assembly only.

Yesterday my wife and I had a chance to go out and ride on a nice autumn day. She hasn’t had a chance to ride since early spring and this was a nice occasion. It was quickly ruined by our 2012 Polaris Sportman 850 XP EPS. After about 30 miles into the ride the front diff began making a whining noise. I pull over and discover that both hubs are loose and the seal for the front prop shaft has a seeping leak. The rest of the day was ruined. We packed up and went home to begin researching the repair process.

This quad only has 2000 miles on it and it has been nothing but problems. Late spring the one way bearing went out in the primary clutch, in August the wheel bearings, ball joints and bushings all had to be replaced. Then the u joints went bad in the front prop shaft. Now this… I spent more time working on it then actually riding it this year. From what I hear I am not alone. The 850 is being traded in for a Yamaha Grizzly 700 and I am officially done with Polaris. The Grizzly layout is so much more repair friendly and most of the components are simple and you don’t have to buy assemblies for the one little part that wears out. Polaris seems to love selling a common wear component as an assembly only.

Yesterday my wife and I had a chance to go out and ride on a nice autumn day. She hasn’t had a chance to ride since early spring and this was a nice occasion. It was quickly ruined by our 2012 Polaris Sportman 850 XP EPS. After about 30 miles into the ride the front diff began making a whining noise. I pull over and discover that both hubs are loose and the seal for the front prop shaft has a seeping leak. The rest of the day was ruined. We packed up and went home to begin researching the repair process.

This quad only has 2000 miles on it and it has been nothing but problems. Late spring the one way bearing went out in the primary clutch, in August the wheel bearings, ball joints and bushings all had to be replaced. Then the u joints went bad in the front prop shaft. Now this… I spent more time working on it then actually riding it this year. From what I hear I am not alone. The 850 is being traded in for a Yamaha Grizzly 700 and I am officially done with Polaris. The Grizzly layout is so much more repair friendly and most of the components are simple and you don’t have to buy assemblies for the one little part that wears out. Polaris seems to love selling a common wear component as an assembly only.