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Hi all I am new to the forum and new to ATV's. I just picked up a very low hours (130) 2013 Sportsman 400 HO and really love it. However I am not completely sold on the Automatic 4x4 engagement. While it works great under normal conditions there are times when "Jumpstarting" the 4x4 mode is useful. I found this out when testing it for the first time..

I tried to climb over a small wood deck in the yard that is about 10" vertical off the ground. When I pulled up to it and started giving it gas It was trying to push the deck rather than using the front wheels to climb up. Then when the rear wheels slipped and caused the 4x4 finally engaged it was rather aggressive and shot up in the air and over. This is completely unnecessary and dangerous to have it that way. I researched this and studied the schematics. It seems that when the 4x4 switch is on there is power to the AWD Hub Coil. but not grounded. When the electronics sense rear slippage the Speedometer circuit GROUNDs the AWD coil and engages it.

What I am thinking now is to simply add a momentary switch on the grips that I could press just before I start to climb and let it go once 4x4 is engaged

From the Schematics I see adding a momentary switch from the 41 BN/WH wire to Ground. Would be nice to just convert the Reverse Override switch to work in Low Forward as well.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone. Just joined today as a proud owner of a 2011 Polaris Sportsman 850XP. I have been through this forum on various topics and have learned a lot from all of you here. You guys rock!!

Hey all!

I just noticed that my front differential is leaking. It's not a major leak but bad enough that I need to change the pinion seal. With that I've scoured the forums and pretty much figured out how to do it. The problem is I can't seem to find the parts online. On partszilla I can only seem to find it for an 850 or a 570. Also will the John Deere seals work?

Lastly I found a free copy of the 2008 800efi shop manual. Manual should work with my bike?

Thanks for the help,

Tyler

So I just put new wheel bearings all around, new rotors and pads all around, 2" lift and new tires. Love the new look and feel! Everything works as it should except the speedo? It just jumps around (awd still works) Worked perfectly before all the new parts. What did I miss? Thanks

Hi all, new to the forum not to can am, have a 06 outlander 400. My new 650 max is pretty sweet!

So, recently I had a few problems come up on my 2011 sportsman 850 xp.

The first thing I noticed is during start up when the RPMs reach 900 the engine stumbles for a bit and then it climbs up to 1200. I never noticed this before. The only thing I recently did was install the starter relay upgrade kit.

The second was while riding around the yard i noticed when I would let of the throttle the RPMs would drop to around 1000 rpms and it sounded like it wanted to stall out.

The bike idles perfect at 1200 +/- 20 rpms. Sometimes now when its idling and I hit the throttle real quick, it drops really low, around 1000 rpms. Other times it doesn't. The throttle cable is only a year old and I have made sure it is adjusted to the 2-3mm gap.

I am lost on what could be causing this. Any thoughts?

I have a 2011 sportsman 800 that I bought used. The wiring going to the TBAP harness was disconnected. I have a new harness but no idea which wires attach to which on the new harness. Can anyone help?

2008 Sportsman 500 HO will idle fine, but as soon as the gas is applied, it stalls. The check engine will come on while its gasping to run. The issue was intermittent and the dealer could not duplicate - all tuned up, fresh gas...any ideas?





Thanks!

Long story short .... recent routine maintenance uncovered antifreeze in the oil - not in a large quantity but it was apparent. Engine was running great, no smoke and no weird noises. Today....New head gasket and inner seal in the water pump installed, engine buttoned up and fresh 0w40 oil and filter installed. Now I have a definite rattle on the top end and I'm thinking maybe I missed a torque on a rocker .... take a listen and give me your thoughts .. thanx !