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I am brand new to this forum. I am a proud owner of a 2001 Traxter XT 500 and I have a starter issue that I discovered yesterday. The engine turns over but after a second or two I get a god awful sound coming from inside engine. When I take plugs out and crank it over is sound fine. Everthing seems to be normal. Also checked compression and it is at 160 psi. The engine only has about 2000 km so it has had a pretty easy life so far. After reading a few old threads on this site and elsewhere, it seemed pretty apparent that the problem was the starter clutch (sprag clutch). I have been told that it would cost about 2 K to have it fixed at dealer. I am thinking of tackling the job myself. Not too worried about getting at the parts but a little concerned about the reassembly. Sounds like there are a few tricky steps to follow. Was wondering if there is anyone out there that has done this job or if there are some instructions available somewhere. I would appreciate any information regarding this. Also will need to order gasket and sprag clutch parts. Any suggestions on where I can get the best parts at reasonable price?

Thanks.

Salmoman

My buddy and I have both Polaris 1000XP and we both went down the this steep hill in Wyoming and we used the ADC. After we got to the bottom smoke was coming out the belt vent and it started to creep and squeal and not shift very easy. I don’t know why this happened using the ADC. We went down it a couple times before this not using it and nothing happened. But we wanted to try that feature out and it didn’t go well. Any thoughts why this would happen? His was a brand new machine and mine has 500 miles on it.

Hi guy im new to this site and Im looking for some advice. My brother loaned his ATV to a friend and got it back not running. Its a 1998 Polaris Sportsman 500. He brought it to my house since I am quite mechanically inclined. I tried everything under the sun and nothing. So after about a 3 days of web searches. I read that there was a drain plug on the recoil casing. So i ventured into removing the plug and there was water and mud in the case. So after cranking and cranking and no start. I tried pull starting it and well that was not happening it was caked with mud. So since it had a drain plug what the worst that could happen if I flush it out with the hose to clean out the mud?? Well.... i went to crank it over while adding water and bam fired right up!! Now its running great again and the starter bendix went. So i replaced the bendix and while i had the case off i pressure washed the flywheel, stator, and recoil starter. there was some surface rust on the stator so i lightly sanded them clean it was good for a half of day and not back again trouble starting. Now i rebuilt the carb, put new ignition coil, new plug and wire and NOTHING. So I thought about it and said what if i add water again to recoil case.... Well i did and AGAIN started right up?? Anyone have any idea what is going on?? Is my stator bad? Why does it run when there is water in it?? Im thinking of some sort of connection it making using water. I need help. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! TIA Robert

I know there are tons of boxes/bags out there for storage, but most don't fit the touring's small rear rack. I'm looking for a trunk or small bed that you can drop a chainsaw and a couple small fuel cans into. It's fine If I have to remove the rear seat back. Don't care if it's a wrap around type, or just a straight basket/bed. One of the trunks that has a seatback would be perfect, because I could remove mine and still have comfort for two. Some of the hard plastic boxes have "pass thru" from left to right, but have never seen a review where it shows a chainsaw fitting into it. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Greetings from sweden! my sportsman 850xp 2010 enginge meltdown… crankshaft broken, rods broken and bearings.

I install new crankshaft from 2017. new conetingrods and new pistons end all bearings. tophead is uppgrade whit camshaft and ported.

i got powercomander 5 whit autotune and hmf slip on, wonder to build new headers…

some pics! sorry my bad bad English
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Just picked this thing up for my daughter and it willl not start. Put new Cr7e plug in it. Has spark. Cleaned carb. Has compression. It will not even sound like its trying to start. Just turns over and nothing. I even sprayed starting fluid in the plug hole and nothing.... I am at a loss. I pulled vale cover off and chain is right. Valves look good. No timing marks so cannot tell if timing is off but it turns over and sounds good. Not hearing a valve hit piston lol. I’m at a loss

Just replaced my starter solenoid. Remember my old post I tried to clean old one and re use it and when I put it back it sparked badly when I hooked up battery. Anyhow, got correct solenoid relay and hooked up. I turn key and nothing, I get nothing on the gauge cluster. I can short the relays posts out and the motor will then turn over. With the kill switch on run and the key in on position the bike will turn over and run, if I kill the kill switch or turn off key it turns off, but I get no gauges. Any help?

Went for a ride last night hit the second bump and the power steering light came on immediately noticing power steering was non-existent. I just installed HTR bear claws, don't know if this has anything to do with it. But this thing is almost un-rideable. The steering is soooo stiff, and now the front end feels loose. Play in the steering shaft. Any one experience this. Too new to be acting this way I would think.. Steve

I have a 2016 570 XT. After riding last night I turned the machine off, took out the key and went inside. I came out a few hours later and the display was lit up and there was a buzzing sound. I inserted the key, cranked her again, shut her down and within 45 seconds or so I had the same sound and display would not shut off. There was also a communication failure message that flashed across the screen. I started her again and after shutting her down the noise started back a Transmission Failure message went across. The only way to shut off the display was disconnecting the battery. Thinking it was maybe a voltage issue I installed a new battery this morning but I’m having the same problem. Has anyone ever experienced this? If so what was the fix? Thanks in advance for the help!

Hello everyone I am new to the CAN AM community and just want to learn more information about them we just got a 2018 CAN AM renegade XMR 570