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Possible ignition or electrical problem

I’ve got an 06 sportsman 700 efi and I was riding through the trails a few days ago and shut my machine off. When I went to turn it back on the starter solednoid clicked and nothing else would happen. No matter how many times I turned it would just click. I replaced the starter and solenoid and it’s still doing the same thing. Does anyone know what the issue could be?
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Air Presser

I have a 2015 Polaris Phoenix I bought new for my son and daughter. The atv got very little use then my son graduated and moved away. My daughter is 13 now and enjoys ridings now. Tomorrow we are going for the first long ride she has ever been on. Like 20 miles possibly. I generally keep the tires pumped up pretty hard so the atv rolls along easly. But I rode it down back of our property this afternoon and it does ride quite hard on the bumps. I checked the air presser 13 psi in the rear and 10 psi in the front. Factory tires. The owners manuel says the tires are 21 x 7 - 10 / 4psi , 20 x 10 - 9 / 4 psi.
Is this telling me the rear tire air should run between 10-4 psi and the front between 9-4 psi ? I know the softer tire will ride a lot better for my daughter. We'll be going on paved road, then gravel road, rocky wash outs and back to gravel. I plan on going slowly so she is safe.
Thanks for your replys.
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Draining Coolant

I’m replacing the radiator coolant in my 2014 Sportsman 570. The manual capacity listed is 2.7 qts. I drained the system at the lower engine hose and got only 1.5 qts. The recovery bottle is at the minimum line.

As this is my first coolant change, is there another quart somewhere? If so, how do I get it out? The manual offers no info on how to go about draining the system.

Appreciate your help.


MHB
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Overheating??? Not anymore???

Have a 2015 can am renegade 500 that recently started overheating and boiling over coolant. I also noticed the fan wasn’t kicking on so I figured that was the issue. So I went threw the checklist (check relays, fuses, temperature sensor etc.)

when I tested the temp sensor I unplugged it while it was running and the fan didn’t kick on.

So I moved on to check the fan itself. To see if the fan worked I unplugged the fan wire and tested the fan to see if that even worked with some test wire. And it did.

So I plugged the fan back in and started it up again with the temp sensor still out and all of a sudden the fan kicked on like normal.

Could the temp sensor be stuck somehow or bad connection? I didn’t jiggle any wires or really check any connections. I’m confused. Can someone explain this to me? And tell me if I should get a new temp sensor before next ride? Thanks in advance guys!
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2006 sportsman 450

I installed a new starter motor and bendix on my tab when I removed the old bendix which was stuck open and replaced with the new one the new bendix opens counter clockwise and the old one opened clockwise the new one will not engage the flywheel where do I find a clockwise rotation bendix