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Newbi here. Just saying Hi.

Hi guys, My name is Tom and I work for Dave’s Outdoor Power Equipment as mainly a two stroke mechanic, but I work on my fair share of ATV’s. We are not a polaris dealer so that makes it difficult sometimes as newer ones will come in and my boss has no answers for my questions. haha Have some questions which I will post up in the proper threads(I hope) and hopefully they haven’t been asked a millions times already. Anyhow, glad there’s a forum with lot’s of pictures as some of these leave me scratching my head.

Newbi here. Just saying Hi.

Hi guys, My name is Tom and I work for Dave’s Outdoor Power Equipment as mainly a two stroke mechanic, but I work on my fair share of ATV’s. We are not a polaris dealer so that makes it difficult sometimes as newer ones will come in and my boss has no answers for my questions. haha Have some questions which I will post up in the proper threads(I hope) and hopefully they haven’t been asked a millions times already. Anyhow, glad there’s a forum with lot’s of pictures as some of these leave me scratching my head.

honda foreman reverse problems

my engine died so i tore it all apart and its back together now and runs great but the reverse was being funky it goes into reverse but jumps back to neutral sometimes and if it stays in reverse and i give it some gas it will drive but makes grinding and other sounds you don’t want to hear and then it will jump back to neutral! ps i did touch the trans abit, but everything worked great until i pulled something in reverse any suggestions one what this could be? and it is electric shift

2006 trx500fe reverse problems

my engine died so i tore it all apart and its back together now and runs great but the reverse was being funky it goes into reverse but jumps back to neutral sometimes and if it stays in reverse and i give it some gas it will drive but makes grinding and other sounds you don’t want to hear and then it will jump back to neutral! ps i did touch the trans abit, but everything worked great until i pulled something in reverse any suggestions one what this could be?

unsafe, under engineered, over priced

My new $12,000 UTV has been recalled. It is unsafe. The heat shield was improperly engineered and caused fires.
Out of the goodness of their hearts Polaris will repair the UTV (I wonder if they volunteered or were afraid of lawsuits???). Unfortunately I had to pay to have the UTV delivered when I bought it 2 months ago and Polaris rudely refused to pay to pick up the unit and have it returned to be serviced.
When I contacted "customer service" Chris stated there was nothing Polaris wanted to do about it and surprisingly he claimed he had no supervisor I could talk to.
I had a Artic Cat for 13 years and never had a problem or recall. I’ve had this Polaris 2 months and now I can’t use it.
They stated they wanted to return it to a safe condition. It’s brand new….its never been safe.
BEWARE…Over-priced and under engineered….rude, crude, and unsafe!!!
I may have to pay for Polaris’ junk, but not without letting everyone I know how bad a company they are….Customers make a company, without them you have no business. Polaris doesn’t get that message.
Good luck to other owners….stay safe and trade your Polaris in!