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Just picked up a 13 Sportsman 500 with around 1400 miles and it was running very rough wouldn't idle/backfiring. I did some general maintenance replaced the spark plug, oil change, and replaced the battery after doing that it was running great but battery light and speedo needle was blinking drove it up and down the block a few times no stutters or backfires got it up to 50 without issue.

Parked it started it back up 2 hours later the battery light/speedo needle are still blinking but its running very rough again barely idling backfiring when given throttle

Battery resting voltage is 12.79
When ATV is running runs about 14.2

Anyone have an idea of what could be wrong or where to start I'm guessing its something electrical however since the voltage seems normal I'm a bit lost any help or ideas is appreciated

Is this clutch safe? Small cracks by one way bearing.

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Just installed a QSC Clutch Kit and a new belt. Kept the cover off to look at everything.

1. Noticed a small pile of fine belt shavings on the ground. I'm assuming this is normal with the new belt taking on shape?

2. Anything to look at or listen for after install? Just want to make sure I'm not overlooking anything.

I did a couple of short runs up and down the drive way. Seems fine in reverse, low and high. I did jack it up, placed it in high, and ran it for about 15 secs on a gradual throttle. Everything appears normal.

3. Around RPMS.. I used the small shim. I'm idling around 1250-1300 (same before clutch kit was installed). Should it be idling higher? I did go up from 26" to 28" (Zillas) tires, so I'm thinking I should still be good with this setup. But I'm guessing, I might have to experiment to find what suits me with the shims.

Thanks!!

My speedometer decided it was not going to work (just reads '0') until it gets driven a few miles and then it starts working and doesn't skip a beat. I just got done cleaning the VSS and it's still doing the same thing. Put 350 miles on this weekend and it worked the whole weekend, minus the first couple miles the very first day. I don't get it. As far as I can tell, the VSS signal goes directly to the gauge cluster (I have the XTP one). So it has to be either the VSS or the gauge cluster....?? When it displays '0' I don't get any lights and my power steering appears to be working just fine. All I notice is the speedometer reads '0' and hence it's not counting miles.

I tried to meter it according to the service manual but my POS Craftsman meter resets itself everytime it goes to zero so I can't get a good feel if the sensor is pulsating from 0-12V like it should be.

Anybody ever heard of such a thing? The part that throws me for a loop is I don't get any lights on my dash related to the power steering. I always though if the VSS goes bad the power steering goes goofy.

My speedometer decided it was not going to work (just reads '0') until it gets driven a few miles and then it starts working and doesn't skip a beat. I just got done cleaning the VSS and it's still doing the same thing. Put 350 miles on this weekend and it worked the whole weekend, minus the first couple miles the very first day. I don't get it. As far as I can tell, the VSS signal goes directly to the gauge cluster (I have the XTP one). So it has to be either the VSS or the gauge cluster....?? When it displays '0' I don't get any lights and my power steering appears to be working just fine. All I notice is the speedometer reads '0' and hence it's not counting miles.

I tried to meter it according to the service manual but my POS Craftsman meter resets itself everytime it goes to zero so I can't get a good feel if the sensor is pulsating from 0-12V like it should be.

Anybody ever heard of such a thing? The part that throws me for a loop is I don't get any lights on my dash related to the power steering. I always though if the VSS goes bad the power steering goes goofy.

New to forum and owning an ATV. I'm looking forward to learning all I can from the group.

I have a 2011 sportsman 500 and the first time I used the winch it malfunctioned. I wrapped it around some deadfall to pull it out of the trail and it would not stop pulling in even after I shut the key off it kept pulling in until it bound up tight and still would not stop until I put the winch into neutral. It is a factory winch so I would assume it has an inline fuse that should have blown when it overloaded but it did not. The electrical solenoid was not mounted to anything and was bouncing around. I'm guessing the solenoid is the problem but not sure how to diagnose and the fuse issue puzzles me. Any help would be appreciated.

Looking for a used right footwell for my 2002 sportsman.

Thanks in advance.

Hello

Got a good deal on a EPI mudder clutch kit (WE425015) for my 07 sportsman 500 EFI non EBS, bike is stock except for Diesel wheels and 27" Mega Mayhems, so put it in last weekend, install is not bad at all.


Is it normal for this kit to engage at 2800 RPM's for taking off, bike runs good, feels strong just has about 2800 RPM engagement on take off.


I have researched some and some guys say yes and some say no.


Just don't want to hurt anything, I rode it for about 3 hours throughout the day (ran it hard some and climbed some nasty hills with lots of rocks, kinda dicy with the high engagement at first), as stated runs strong, everything feels great just the high RPM's taking off.

Thanks!

My 97 Sportsman 500 will periodically pull hard to side forcing me to wrestle it to hold it straight. It will stop when I jerk handle bars quickly back and forth. Frequency is progressively getting worse. Any ideas as to problem and repair. Thanks:sad