2001 sportsman 500ho 4wd

does anyone know what this junction valve is? left side of machine, in the picture the two hoses to the left are fine. i need the hose to the far right that still has the factory clamp on it. not a great picture, sorry. hose must be seeping oil, it goes from here up to a white plastic valve that looks almost like an inline fuel filter but isn't. need to get one, no idea what to call it. it was probably a molded hose and is now too rubbery from being oil soaked.thanks for any help. i circled the hose i need, can get better pic if need be.

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2001 sportsman 500ho 4wd

does anyone know what this junction valve is? left side of machine, in the picture the two hoses to the left are fine. i need the hose to the far right that still has the factory clamp on it. not a great picture, sorry. hose must be seeping oil, it goes from here up to a white plastic valve that looks almost like an inline fuel filter but isn't. need to get one, no idea what to call it. it was probably a molded hose and is now too rubbery from being oil soaked.thanks for any help. i circled the hose i need, can get better pic if need be.

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300 hard to start

1999 300 Polaris xpress, air cooled.hard to start.will almost drain battery,but when it does start it runs fine.had carb to 2 different shops and was rebuilt.thinking of using starting fluid to get it starter instead of draining battery so bad.thanks any ideals thanks freinds

2017 570SP backlight

My blue backlight on my sportsman display stopped working this weekend. I was able to switch over to red, but now I need to fix the blue backlight. Searches of this forum are not returning much helpful info, as almost all of the threads deal with the entire speedo pod not working in some way.

I assume, because the speedo pod works just fine, that this is just the blue bulb/diode that gave up and not a fuse or wire issue. Any advice or direction from the crew on this?

Thanks as always for the help, over the years you all have saved my bacon a few times. Hoping this is another one of those times!!

2017 570SP backlight

My blue backlight on my sportsman display stopped working this weekend. I was able to switch over to red, but now I need to fix the blue backlight. Searches of this forum are not returning much helpful info, as almost all of the threads deal with the entire speedo pod not working in some way.

I assume, because the speedo pod works just fine, that this is just the blue bulb/diode that gave up and not a fuse or wire issue. Any advice or direction from the crew on this?

Thanks as always for the help, over the years you all have saved my bacon a few times. Hoping this is another one of those times!!

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I’m picking up my new sportsman 450 next week and looking to install a quick connect for my battery maintainer with the battery located underneath the vehicle connecting up the charger will be a little bit of a hassle Can anyone tell me if there is a battery bus bar located closer to the storage container up front where I can connect up the ring terminals?
Thank you

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New to me 2015 Outlander, 2 unexpected noises

Ok, new to the ATV world and just bought a 450 Outlander L a month or so ago. I have 2 questions that hopefully someone that has experienced the issues can answer.

1. On startup, cold or warm, for a couple of seconds the motor is much louder than normal idle. Bought this at a dealer and they said it's normal. Doesn't sound normal to me.

2. On normal riding i'm a pretty loud "clack" (is the best way I can describe it). I cannot force this sound with accel/decel, hitting a bump, steering in either direction, 2WD vs 4WD, nor anything else i've tried. It just happens randomly to me and it's loud enough someone riding behind me can hear it. I've visually inspected shocks, steering components, u joints etc but nothing obvious. It could be happening after bumps as one of the shock is rebounding from compression but not sure.

I can try to provide video with sound for these two things if it's not obvious to the experienced owners here.

thanks for listening