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Hi I’m here to ask questions about the outlander 500

I found an outlander 500 with 1600 miles on it and it is a nice machine. The guy bought it off his friend that was selling cuz he got when his father died and didn’t need it. He’s asking 2,000 cash for it and I don’t know much about can am. I’ve always rode Honda or Polaris
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15 renegade 1000xxc steering play

when sitting still i have a little play in the bars and cant find any issues. tierods tight, wheel bearings tight, dont see any movement in the stem mounts. is there anything im missing?
i have searched for this issue but only found trying to tighten the top steering shaft clamp bolts, tried that no help

this is the first bike with power steering ive had, do they have a little play in the power steering motor?

thanks
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850 Front Diff 4WD

First off I apologize if I missed a thread that has already covered this. I could not find one that was specifically related to the 850 sportsman. But anyways, here is my situation. I have a 2010 850 xp w/eps. Today a few buddies and I were out riding. We got into a little mud, nothing to crazy. I got to a point where I had to back up in some mud. The 4WD was engaged and I was not going crazy on the throttle. While backing up, I heard a pop come from the drive line. Looked around the atv the best I could while being in mud. I didn't see anything that looked out of the ordinary. I set it in low and everything was fine. I had 4WD. I had to turn around in a certain area and noticed when I was in reverse, my front diff would not "lock" and I only had the rear wheels spinning. We kept riding and as long as I was going forward, I had 4WD. Never in reverse. When I got home, I changed the front diff fluid and it was dark. It was not milky. The thing is, I just changed the front diff fluid before riding today. Now, if I put the atv on jack stands I am able to confirm that 4wd does engage in reverse and forward. If the atv is on the ground and I make the rear wheels spin, the front diff does not engage in reverse. I always get my 4wd indicator on my display. I'm trying to figure out if I need to remove my front differential and rebuild it? I have no "noises" coming from the front end. I would assume that if something broke internal to the front diff I would have seen something come out when I drained the fluid or I would have heared some form of ratcheting sound while driving it.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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2004 Can am 400.

I have a 2004 can am and I'm having trouble getting it started. My friend got it to start for like 2 seconds then it shut off and almost seem like the motor got stuck but it didn't. We adjusted the valves and it has good compression. I need help.
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’13 Sportsman 500, What rims and tires?

Whats the recommended setup for this particular quad?
Most of my tires are popped, and my rims are bent a little.

Looking to spend under $500-600, looking for a new rim and tire setup. I want bigger tires than the stock tires, but just have no idea where to start looking or what to get.

Any setup recommendations?
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HMF Optimizer Lights Question

I recently installed a HMF Titan QS on my 2015 Sportsman 850 SP. I noticed that the 1 and 8 lights continue to blink green on 1 and red on 8 after I turne the bike off and remove the key. Anyone else with one of these have any input if this is normal? I plan on calling HMF also to verify this is normal.
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Water in oil at break in oil change?

2018 570 XMR. Just did the break in oil change and noticed what appears to be a little water mixed in the oil. It’s not a lot, maybe a teaspoon, but it is defanitly there. I followed the break in procedure to a T except for not putting it in deep water.

Is this something new engines typically do or should I be worried? The bike has 4 months of warranty left.