so my sisters boyfriend said he had a kodiak 400 that quit running about 5 years ago and he said every shop he took it to told he it was ruined and wasnt worth fixing and tried to get it for a couple hundred bucks, and he decided to just put it in storage. i asked him what he wanted for it and he said if i could get it running as long as i dont sell it and let him or my sister ride when they wanted to i could have it, so i jumped on the deal. the reason it quit working was just a bad starter other than cleaning the carb from sitting up and cleaning out the gas tank and lines and had up and running within a hour of getting it at my place

the bad:

• needs a new starter, current one will freeze up but pulling the pull start while pressing the ignition button will unfreeze it long enough for it to crank
• needs headlight bulb
• winch needs a few parts
• it was backed into the 18 wheeler trailer it was stored in and has a pretty good dent in the plastic, could i use a heat gun to heat it and push it back into place?
• winch line is starting to fray and i was wondering what would be a good synthetic replacement that doesnt cost too much

for the winch, its a warn a2000 that i think came from the factory with it on it, 1 of the motor bolts had came loose and got packed full of dirt and i finally got it all clean but i need a cam follower and i was wondering if the WARN 69632 Cam Follower will work on it? my local yamaha shop wants like $20 for a replacement plastic one and i dont want to get another plastic one that will break just like the one that was in it. the drum bushing for the winch spool on the motor side fell out along with the thrust washer and im just waiting to find out if the metal cam follower will work before i order it all at once. ive already cleaned out the motor side and hooked up 12v and the winch does work so thats a plus.