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Advice on starting point

Morning folks,

Hello from Indiana where it is currently -37 degrees lol. Anyhow, heres the story, I bought a used 2000 polaris Trail Boss 325 for next to nothing. Prior owner had not started this thing for nearly 9 years and wasn't sure what was wrong with it. Once I got it home and started breaking it down, I had found there was a broken spark plug in the coil wire and the carb was as gummed up as humanly possible. I have now ordered a replacement carb for it along with a new plug. Now if you see anywhere I have made a mistake or had the wrong thinking please so advise. I put the new plug in it and tried to pull start it as it has compression along with oil in it to see if I had spark, I tried to arc it on the front rack of the machine with zero spark. My question, would I get spark off of the rack or would it have to be arced to the motor? Secondly, I have taken the old battery out of it because there was a hole in it along with the top caps being broken off, would it need to atleast have a battery in it or anything to have a spark to complete a circuit or anything? Also, where would one start in trying to figure out if it is in fact getting no spark, somehow testing the coil or the stator or cdi, I just dont wanna start throwing money at this, I have no issues changing the things that I visually can see that are bad but I don't wanna just be spitting and guessing either. I did hook my jump box up to the battery cables and the lights did come on along with the electric starter turning over but I got no spark that way either on the front rack. Please advise and thank you in advance. I cannot figure out how to post pictures in this, so if yall can help me out with that as well, it would be much appreciated.
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polaris sportsman 500 axles length

hey guys, so i have a sportsman 500 that id like to lift. im building my own lift kit for it and im having troubles building these axles.
i have found some rzr xp 900 axles that will find my spline pattern for the rear and all four hubs, but im converting the ujoints to cv joints for obvious reasons
my question is can i pull the rzr xp 900 axles out of the cv joint and put them in the new cv that will fit my bike? the cv joints are males and i need females
are the splines on the shaft the same?
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Where to mount a rear work light

Hi Folks,

I just bought my first ATV, a 2018 Sportsman 450 HO, and I'm in the process of fixing adding changing things that I think the machine needs.

The current issue is that I've got a 4" LED that I'd like to mount as a work light off the back of the machine. The only obvious place that I see is to put a clamp around the sway bar and stick it there... I'm thinking that someone must have come up with a more creative way/place to install a small 4" Cube led....

Any thoughts? Pictures appreciated.

Terry
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cold start

can am defender 1000 2017 model will start but will not take gas accelleration till engine warms up for 3-5 minutes.dealer says all computor programs are fine. he dosn't know what to do.anyone else had this problem?
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New to Outlander

Good afternoon,
Just introducing myself. Have had a few ATVs, dirt bikes and sleds in the past. Recently picked up a 2012 Outlander 1000 XT with some light mud mods. (Rad, snorkels, fan override, 29.5 outlaw 2s on ITP wheels) has 700 miles on it and seems to be very clean.
Just trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can reading right now. I know I will need a new battery coming up soon and then want to make sure all my fluids and cooling system is 100% and I should be ready to go.
If anyone has any pointers on what threads may be worth checking out that would be great.

Curtis
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Low battery voltage

I went to start my 2016 Outlander 450 and the check engine light was on and it said low battery voltage? It’s is a Brand new Battery And I fully charged before installed it.