Hey everyone,
As stated I have a 1997 polaris sportsman 500 and for some reason they thought it would be an amazing idea to use 2 steel pins embedded through the aluminum caliper housing to hold the pads in place, and as far as i can tell they only used this specific caliper on certain 96 and 97 machines.
Long story short I have searched high and low to find a replacement caliper with no luck, i mean i found 2 used ones on ebay, but my best guess is they are going to have the same problem with the steel retaining pins seizing inside the aluminum, unfortunately meaning that they are only as good as the pads that are stuck in them.
As far as I can tell, both the 97 and 98 sportsman 500's both use the same 4939993999D002 rear gearcase, can anyone here confirm if the rear caliper from the 98 model would bolt onto the 97 gearcase?
I know that the 98 caliper uses a 2nd master cylinder attached to the rear foot pedal, where the 97 used a manual lever with a pin that pushed the caliper cylinder in, and it didn't have the 2nd reservoir or master cylinder like the 98 does, so that would need to be added as well, but all means nothing if the caliper won't bolt right on.
So.... do any good polaris techs have my back on this one?