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I am in the process of removing the transmission from a 2002 Polaris Sportsman 700. It is leaking from one of the seals. Removing it is going well, but I had a question. Should I bring the transmission into Polaris to be resealed or is it something a weekend mechanic could do? I have the service manual, but it really only covers a rebuild. I just want to take off the covers, remove the old seal and replace with a new one. I have never opened a transmission before and am worried that I will @#$& it up. Any advice?

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Bike was just serviced for first oil change. Second ride out on a hot day, this happend

Oil levels are high when we check it. It all looks to be coming from this vent. Can anyone tell me what it is? The bottom is cut open. But it looks like it should be

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So I bring my atv at the dealer for the service, because I don't have time to do it.
They do everything on the list.

Then, when I get home, and change tires, I have a look at the grease fittings...
half have gubs of grease all around the fitting (and a few have like 15mm balls of grease all around the fitting), and half are still so dirty they haven't been touched.

Now, if they can't even properly grease the fittings, that kind of makes me wonder how they did the rest of the service..

That,s just sad, really, when you pay to have proper service and end up with crap like this.

2013 Sportsman 500. New battery but won't start. Just a loud obnoxious sound. Assuming it's a starter problem. Even tried jumping with my quick start and won't turn over. Below is a video I took of the problem. Do you think it's a bad starter or another problem.?

https://youtu.be/jOWlIIpETpg

I have a serious question I have heard some people say they use a drive belt for the maverick instead if the stock one when they replace it I do believe they are talking about the 1000 ATV my question is can you use a maverick belt on an 800 outlander xt? I recently purchased a gates g force beltand after a long weekend ride I found that some of the teeth on the top of the belt we're goudged does that have something to do with the size of the belt or a problem with my clutch? I know two questions in one

try to move my secondary clutch left or right and it clunks and only moves about an inch in each Direction is my clutch shot or is it further damage in the transmission

Is there something wrong with my brakes? They are absolutely horrible at braking.
I just can't brake fast, they cant lock the wheels.
Is that normal? Will just switching pads fix it?

Hey guy, I’m new here. I’m having an issue with my 96 magnum, it won’t spark and I’ve tried everything bag I know of. I’ll give a little background on what happened when it went out. I was going through something pretty deep and the rear end started floating and pushed the front end down pretty far into the water. Not far enough to get into the engine, but the clutch cover was full after that, and everything up front ignition wise went under I think, including the junction block for all of the connections. After being under like that for about a minute it died and wouldn’t restart. After sitting and drying out, it would fire just once. And it would repeat that single fire every few hours. That most it fired was about three seconds. I have replaced everything that I can think of. Coil, plug, CDI, regulator, and slotted the pick up holes and moved it closer to the flywheel. I have tried a new CDI and coil, and a known used one that is Polaris brand. I have tried unplugging the black wire of the CDI and checking the ETC switch in the throttle. Still no go. I do not have any specs to check the resistance on anything. If anyone had that I would greatly appreciate it. Or any ideas as to what it could be. Is there a fuse for the ignition system on this bike, or a breaker somewhere?

Please help with a timing question. When I get every thing timed and reassembled, when i rotate from TDC around to TDC the cams are not timed. I was thinking if you are setting TDC and you make two complete rotate everything should be timed.

Is this a true statement?
Why wouldn’t it still be in timed?

Any help would appreciated

Thanks Tim