Polaris 4X4 500 EFI Motorcycle User Manual


 
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INDEX
A
Adding Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adjustment
Headlight Beam. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Park Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Rear Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Throttle Freeplay . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Age Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Air Filter Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
All Wheel Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
All Wheel Drive Lock Switch . . . . . 31
Arrestor, Spark, Warning. . . . . . . . . 76
Auxiliary Outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
AWD/Differential Lock Switch. . . . 31
Axle Nut Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
B
Battery
Charging (Conventional). . . . . 92
Charging (Sealed Battery) . . 92-93
Conventional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fluid Replenishment . . . . . . . . 91
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Beam Adjustment, Headlight. . . . . . 86
Before Riding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Belt Burning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Belt Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Belt Wear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 82
Brake
Fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Park Brake Adjustment . . . . . . 80
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Break-In Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breather Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Burning Belts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
C
Capacity, Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45
Cargo Box, Dumping. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Changing Gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
C
Changing Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Gearcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission/Main Gearcase . . 64
Chart, Gearcase Specifications . . . . . 63
Chart, Periodic Maintenance . . . . 52-56
Checking Oil Level
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front Gearcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission/Main Gearcase . . 63
Chrome Wheel Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cleaning and Storage. . . . . . . . . . 94-98
Cleaning the Air Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cleaning the Exhaust System . . . . . . 76
Cleaning the Fuel Filter. . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cleaning the Spark Arrestor . . . . . . . 76
Component Locations . . . . . . . . . 22-25
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coolant
Bottle Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Radiator Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adding or Changing . . . . . . . . . 69
Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71
Cooling System Operation. . . . . . . . . 69
Corrosion Removal, Chrome. . . . . . . 96
Cover for Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Crankcase Emission Control System. 51
Cylinder Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
D
Differential Lock Switch. . . . . . . . . . 31
Differential Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disengaging AWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Drive Belt Wear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Driving Downhill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driving in Reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driving on a Sidehill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driving on Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . 37
Driving Over Obstacles. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Driving Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Driving Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-48
Driving Through Water . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driving Uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Driving, After Driving in Water . . . . 73
Drying the Transmission . . . . . . . . . . 73
Dumping the Cargo Box . . . . . . . . . . 46