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Hello,
Glad to be a new member to the forum,
I Own a Commander XT 1000
I live in VT and do most of my riding in New Hampshire, The trail system is very poor in VT so its well worth the trip to NH.
Hope I can be helpful here

I'm new to the forum; I've read several over the years but have never joined or posted to one before.
Bought a 2005 Sportsman 500 HO a few months back and have enjoyed it so we bought a new Sportsman 570 EPS for the wife last week.
Hope to learn a few new maintenance tricks and maybe help with a question or two.

Just purchased 2015 outlander xmr the front shocks were gone when i purchased it. I replaced them with the oem shock and now the bike hits hard on both extension and retard is this normal for this model??and if so does anybody have a fix.any help would be awesome thx.

My outlander blew a timing chain so I replaced both chain, guides and 4 valves. changed oil and drove about 60 miles and lost power and bottom of motor started to knock. But yet it idles great with no engine noise and no engine light on. Any ideas?

What does everyone use to compress the springs? Is there an ATV sized coil spring compressor?? I need to replace the rubber boots at the bottom of my front struts.

Hey guys, I've got a 2016 Maverick and I've noticed what I thought was typical clutch noise has gotten significantly louder, not sure if it is due to a problem with the clutch or what. When I removed all the plastics I pulled the intake tube for the belt box and am about 99.99% sure that's where the whine is coming from. Any thoughts???

Well the XMR is going to cost me some mi way again lol. Me and a buddy had the day off today so we decided to go ride. Went looking for mud and found some. Deep and thick. Everytime I got completely stuck I would get a bad grinding noise. Watched some videos that my friend took of me and the grinding only happened whenever one of the front wheels stopped turning. I have power to all wheels and no issues or noises, until I bury it. If I am very easy on the throttle I can see all the wheels moving but if I hit it to hard while stuck one wheel stops spinning and I get a nasty grinding noise. I believe it's the visco because 4x4 climbing some steep hills and over obstacles I do not get any weird noises or problems. Everything runs fine with nothing strange that I noticed.

I am thinking of getting a torq locker and just taking the visco right out. Anyone have experience with these. I know a lot of people use them mudding. How are they climbing rocky hills or anything you may have to turn on while in 4x4. If you have one. How do you like it and what about it do you not like?

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Well the XMR is going to cost me some mi way again lol. Me and a buddy had the day off today so we decided to go ride. Went looking for mud and found some. Deep and thick. Everytime I got completely stuck I would get a bad grinding noise. Watched some videos that my friend took of me and the grinding only happened whenever one of the front wheels stopped turning. I have power to all wheels and no issues or noises, until I bury it. If I am very easy on the throttle I can see all the wheels moving but if I hit it to hard while stuck one wheel stops spinning and I get a nasty grinding noise. I believe it's the visco because 4x4 climbing some steep hills and over obstacles I do not get any weird noises or problems. Everything runs fine with nothing strange that I noticed.

I am thinking of getting a torq locker and just taking the visco right out. Anyone have experience with these. I know a lot of people use them mudding. How are they climbing rocky hills or anything you may have to turn on while in 4x4. If you have one. How do you like it and what about it do you not like?

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The question was asked but perhaps never answered - what size is the flywheel nut (part number 3083905) - for those who want to know, it is 16 x 1.5 mm RH thread with a 22 mm hex and appx. 6 mm in thickness - which means the threads on the crankshaft are also 16 x 1.5 mm also.

This nut is used on the following Polaris models:
1988 TRAIL BOSS 250 (X888528) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1988 TRAIL BOSS 250 R/ES (W888528) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1988 TRAIL BOSS 2X4 (W887527) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1988 TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (W888127) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 BIG BOSS (W899627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 BIG BOSS 4X6 (W898627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 BIG BOSS 4X6 (X898627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 TRAIL BOSS (W898527) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 TRAIL BOSS 2X4 (W897527) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1989 TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (W898127) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 BIG BOSS 4X6 (W908627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BLAZER (W907221) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BOSS 250 (W908527) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BOSS 2X4 (W907527) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BOSS 350L 2X4 (W907539) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BOSS 350L 4X4 (W908139) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1990 TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (W908127) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly
1991 BIG BOSS 4X6 (W918627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly Big Boss 4X6
1991 BIG BOSS 6X6 (W918727) - Crankshaft/Piston Assembly 6X6
1991 TRAIL BLAZER (W917221) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly Trail Blazer
1991 TRAIL BOSS 250 (W918527) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss Update
1991 TRAIL BOSS 2X4 (W917527) - Crankshaft & Piston 250 2X4 Update
1991 TRAIL BOSS 350L 4X4 (W918139) - Crankshaft & Piston 350 4X4 Update
1991 TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (W918127) - Crankshaft & Piston 250 4X4 Update
1992 BIG BOSS 4X6 (W928627) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly 250 4X6
1992 BIG BOSS 6X6 (W928727) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly 250 6X6
1992 EURO BIG BOSS 6X6 (S928727) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly 250 6X6 / W928727
1992 EURO TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (S928139) - Crankshaft & Piston 350 4X4/W928139
1992 TRAIL BLAZER (W927221) - Crankshaft & Piston Assembly Trail Blazer
1992 TRAIL BOSS 250 (W928527) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1992 TRAIL BOSS 2X4 (W927527) - Crankshaft & Piston 250 2X4
1992 TRAIL BOSS 350L 2X4 (W927539) - Crankshaft & Piston 350 2X4
1992 TRAIL BOSS 350L 4X4 (W928139) - Crankshaft & Piston 350 4X4
1992 TRAIL BOSS 4X4 (W928127) - Crankshaft & Piston 250 4X4
1993 250 2X4 (W937527) - Crankshaft & Piston
1993 250 4X4 (W938127) - Crankshaft & Piston 4X4 250
1993 250 6X6 (W938727) - Crankshaft & Piston 6X6 250
1993 350L 2X4 (W937539) - Piston & Crankshaft 2X4 350L
1993 350L 4X4 (W938139) - Piston & Crankshaft 4X4 350L
1993 350L 6X6 (W938739) - Piston & Crankshaft 6X6 350L
1993 EURO 350L 4X4 (S938139) - Piston & Crankshaft 4X4 350L W938139
1993 EURO 350L 6X6 (S938739) - Piston & Crankshaft 6X6 350L
1993 SPORTSMAN 4X4 (W938039) - Piston & Crankshaft Sportsman 4X4
1993 TRAIL BLAZER (W937221) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Blazer
1993 TRAIL BOSS (W938527) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1994 300 4X4 (W948130) - Crankshaft & Piston 4X4 300
1994 400L 2X4 (W947540) - Piston & Crankshaft 2X4 400L
1994 400L 4X4 (W948140) - Piston & Crankshaft 4X4 400L
1994 NORWEGIAN 400L 6X6 (N948740) - Piston & Crankshaft 6X6 400L, Swedish S948740 & Norwegian
1994 SPORTSMAN 4X4 (W948039) - Piston & Crankshaft Sportsman 4X4 W948040
1994 TRAIL BLAZER (W947221) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Blazer
1994 TRAIL BOSS (W948527) - Crankshaft & Piston
1994 W948040 (W948040) - Piston & Crankshaft Sportsman 4X4
1995 300 2X4 (W957530) - Crankshaft & Piston 2X4 300
1995 300 4X4 (W958130) - Crankshaft & Piston 4X4 300
1995 MAGNUM 2X4 (W957544) - Crankshaft & Piston Magnum 2X4
1995 MAGNUM 4X4 (W958144) - Crankshaft & Piston
1995 NORWEGIAN MAGNUM 4X4 (N958144) - Crankshaft & Piston W958144
1995 SWEDISH MAGNUM 4X4 (S958144) - Crankshaft & Piston W958144
1995 TRAIL BLAZER (W957221) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Blazer
1995 TRAIL BOSS 250 (W958527) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1996 SCRAMBLER (W967840) - Piston & Crankshaft Scrambler
1996 SPORTSMAN 4X4 (W968040) - Piston & Crankshaft Sportsman 4X4
1996 TRAIL BOSS (W968527) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1996 XPLORER 300 (W969130) - Crankshaft & Piston Xplorer 300
1996 XPLORER 400L (W969140) - Piston & Crankshaft Xplorer 400L
1997 SCRAMBER 400L (W97BC38C) - Piston & Crankshaft Scrambler 400L
1997 SPORTSMAN 400L (W97AC38C) - Piston & Crankshaft Sportsman 400L
1997 TRAIL BOSS (W97AA25C) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1997 XPLORER 300 (W97CC28C) - Crankshaft & Piston Xplorer 300
1998 TRAIL BLAZER (W98BA25C) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Blazer
1998 TRAIL BOSS (W98AA25C) - Crankshaft & Piston Trail Boss
1998 XPLORER 300 (W98CC28C) - Crankshaft & Piston Xplorer 300
1998 XPRESS 300 (W98CA28C) - Crankshaft & Piston Xpress 300
1999 SCRAMBLER 400 (A99BG38CB) - Piston & Crankshaft
1999 TRAIL BLAZER 250 (A99BA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
1999 TRAIL BOSS (A99AA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
1999 XPLORER 300 (A99CC28CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
1999 XPRESS 300 (A99CA28CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2000 TRAIL BLAZER (A00BA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2000 TRAIL BOSS (A00AA32AB) - Crankshaft & Piston
2000 XPEDITION 325 (A00CK32AA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2000 XPEDITION 325 (A00CK32AB) - Crankshaft & Piston A00ck32aa
2000 XPLORER (A00AG25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2001 TRAIL BLAZER (A01BA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2001 TRAIL BLAZER (A01BA25CB) - Crankshaft & Piston A01ba25ca
2001 TRAIL BOSS 325 SE (A01AA32AC) - Crankshaft & Piston A01aa32aa
2001 XPLORER (A01AG25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2002 SCRAMBLER 400 2X4 (A02BA38CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2002 SCRAMBLER 400 4X4 (A02BG38CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2002 TRAIL BLAZER (A02BA25CA/CD) - Crankshaft & Piston A02ba25ca/Cb/Cd
2002 TRAIL BLAZER FREEDOM (A02BA25CB) - Crankshaft & Piston A02ba25ca/Cb/Cd
2002 XPLORER 400 (A02CG38CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2002 XPLORER 4X4 (A02CG25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2003 TRAIL BLAZER 250 (A03BA25CA/CB) - Crankshaft & Piston
2003 TRAIL BLAZER 400 (A03BA38CA) - Crankshaft And Piston
2004 A04BA25CA TRAIL BLAZER (A04BA25CA/CB) - Crankshaft & Piston
2005 ATP 500 4X4 (A05JD50AA) - Crankshaft & Piston /Ab/Ac
2005 MAGNUM 330 2X4 (A05CB32AA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2005 SCRAMBLER 500 4X4 (A05BG50AA) - Crankshaft & Piston /Fa
2005 SPORTSMAN 6X6 (A05CL50AA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2005 TRAIL BLAZER (A05BA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston /Cb
2005 TRAIL BOSS 330 (A05CA32AA) - Crankshaft & Piston /Ab/Ac/Fa
2005 TRAIL BOSS 330 QUADRICYCLE (A05CA32EA) - Crankshaft & Piston
2006 TRAIL BLAZER (A06BA25CA) - Crankshaft & Piston

I bought a 2003 Traxter XT 500cc 4 wheel drive new and still have it. I use it all the time around the farm. I live near Nashville, TN but have some farm land and wooded area in Pelham, TN. Hope to learn more about working on the engine, etc.