2000 Polaris Sportsman 500 Hard Steering

Hey everyone, I'm brand new and just bought my first ATV tonight. It's a 2000 Polaris Sportsman 500 and the first thing I noticed when riding it is that it is very hard to steer.

The front tires are worn out to nearly drag slicks and I think it was pulling to the left.

I've never worked on a ATV but I do quite a bit of work on cars so I'd like to accomplish all repairs on my own.

If someone could point me in the right direction so I know where to start looking.

Thanks in advance!!

570 mid size battery upgrade

New 570 with less than 20 hrs. Will I damage the electrical system by installing a full size car battery with lots of amps? Hope to add an inverts but don't want to cause issues. Any advice appreciated
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Piston and Ring Part Numbering question

I picked up a Magnum 330 basket case that had been partially taken apart. I flip bikes pretty often but this is my first Polaris. It has the famous polaris "Purple Camo" so I am keeping this one for my daughter. I haven't gotten the engine apart yet but the rod is seized to the crank so looks like it was probably ran low on oil. In the process of its death, the cylinder took a bit of a beating, but it's not unsalvageable. The piston got pretty scarred up so I will replace that and i figure it will need to go up a size.

Anyway when I went to look up parts for it I came across The following that looked like what I want.
  • Set, Piston, .010 Inch/.25MM O/S [Incl. 4] - PN: 3090236
  • Set, Piston, Ring, .010 Inch/.25MM O/S PN: 3087245

I am assuming that the .25MM Over Stock piston requires the .25mm over stock Rings, but I wanted to make sure the .25mm O/S rings were not for a stock piston.

I will measure the crank once I get it out and cleaned up but I was thinking of using the .025 or .5 O/S Rod bearings as I am not in love with the idea of buying a new crank.

I've built motors but, again this is the first Polaris, so I am open to any and all suggestions/advice. I tend to stick with OEM hard parts and I don't mind using a generic gasket set. If there are better options, lets hear em.

I recently purchased a 96 Polaris 300 Explorer

When I bought it's battery was dead so before I took it home I stopped and bought a new one the lights were barely working so I went to the dealership and purchased 2 new ones so I put them in and now neither one works the tail light working though Should I just take it in to the dealership

Newb

Just bought a new to me Max XT after many years without an ATV, the last one was a Raptor 660,so this should be a new riding experience for sure

Overheating please help

Hey guys I have done everything there is to do to my cooling system I have installed tstat delete new radiator billet impeller relocated rad billet t fitting followed bleeding procedure over and over again but still after about ten minutes it goes into limp mode and coolant starts bubbling in overfill reservoir I give up