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Was there a recall or did Polaris change this design or correct it at all? I bought a used 05 about 3 years ago, only problem ive had has been the stator, but i wonder if my machine is eating the camshaft every time i start it

Thanks General. I've heard that polaris fixed this problem by the mid 2000's. Mines an '09 and has all the symptoms so maybe they didn't, so I'd like to look for after market cam and rockers. Anyone know of any?

thats one of the worst cams i ever seen

Wow. How many mile on that? How old? Mine is 01 HO that's TWENTY YEARS OLD,and in great condition with about 5K on it. Amsoil lubricants since day one.

Great Video! I lined everything up, even found dots on the bottom wheel, in line with the line you are talking about. However, when I go to turn the motor over it stops about 3/4 of a turn. Take the rockers off and it spins fine. Is it possible that the cam shaft is in wrong? Valve stems are off? Any suggestions?

This turned out to NOT be my problem, but, good info, regardless. Gave ya a like

You made my day ,bcuz that driven me crazy after replace almost all ignition new carb and head gascket

Thank you very much for this video. My Magnum 500 is doing just this so I might pull the rocker cover off and have a look! Good on you for posting this to help others. What I don’t understand is how Polaris could release such a defective product!

Note: Hey everyone, if you can get your hands on a Prius Water pump they are Weather Proof and 12V high temp Magnetic drive pumps no motor in traditional sense but will last for YEARS!!!!

This video deserves way more views and likes than it has

Your loss is not completely in vain - thank you for the explanation and full description of the issue. Ordering a new cam kit shortly. Question - should I replace the timing chain as well? Are you aware of any oil flow issues to the center of the cam, or is it just cheap metal? THANKS for the post!

Hello, just wanted to say thank you for such an informative video! I have a 2000 Polaris Sportsman 500 that was having this problem. Unfortunately, we didn't see this video until after replacing the fuel pump and carburetor, and checking all kinds of things with the fuel. But after finding the video and already having a hunch that the camshaft was the problem, we took off the air filter and ran the quad, and there was indeed air and some liquid (not sure if it was gas or oil) coming out. I took a leap of faith and ordered the camshaft and rocker arms, and gasket set. We took everything apart and sure enough, the camshaft looked identical to the one in this video. There was barely any lobe left. It really was identical to the one presented in the video. If you plan on keeping your Sportsman for a while, you may want to look for a camshaft that is made of hardened steel. I will put links below to everything I bought, since i found one on Amazon. I hope this helps anyone looking into this in the future. NICHE Camshaft Rocker Arm Kit for Polaris Sportsman 500 1996-2013: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LW9A5S2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 DP 5732-001 Cam Gasket Set Polaris OEM: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GFVQB51/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sorry I never got my motor fixed ended up getting it professional rebuilt. But if you get a pump that can handle pumping HOT FLUIDS (210° F) then you can just bypass the internal water pump. But you have to deal off the old pumps in/out ports so the counter balance gear stays oiled up!! And check the crank oil they do use 4 oz. Of oil Crank case!!!!

What year, and after the obviously crappy part product, has Polaris change the way they make it? If so what year ?

How is compression ?

Thank you for the video

Thank you, Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I was headed down the "bad carburetor" or "timing" path and your tip about the gas blowing out the intake really helped me diagnose the camshaft in my 02' Ranger 6x6. Without your video I'm sure I would have wasted some money on un-needed repairs. As it was $76 bought me a new cam, rockers, and gasket set off eBay (super deal). Wish I could paste a bad cam photo - it was toast - how did it run to half throttle I'll never know.

How long did it take you to pull the motor on the quad? Would you suggest replacing the Cam and rockers while the engine is still in the frame?

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Good video but make sure you check your antifreeze after a few months of running it this way because on a glycol heat system we had to reduce the pump speed because of coagulation or gelling up of the antifreeze.but that was on a boiler system to heat pipes for winter .I do have a 2 stroke 99 explorer with a blown head gasket/overheated water pump impeller.Seems this could work well.

What is the model number of pump?

I haven't got the motor rebuilt yet, but the guy who followed my mod a year ago when I first thought of it said his has done great and has never gotten even the little bit hot. I'll post more videos when I get it rebuilt and running, maybe some time though.

My 400l cools very well with factory pump. Even in tight woods and slower speeds, I really have to work to even get the fan on. I can think of many uses around the house for that pump! How did it go? Any updates?

Sorry, Got a question, The Sapling addon in Blender allows you to make tree's, But I can't ever get them to show up in torque, Have you ever messed with that addon, Is there something I should make sure I do before exporting? I'm able to get meshes with textures and all that to work.

Sounds Interesting, I look forward too it

Not for a whilre. I was thinking of doing one to explain better how to use the Torque pre defined animations. Basically you can get a list of the pre-defined player animations the Torque uses for your and NCP characters. then just name your animations the same as the normal Torque pre-defined animation sequences and it will save you lots of time in programming.

Thanks your tutorials helped, Planning anymore?

For more info on Creating Animated Models check out the Blender home page and watch some of the great free tutorials on modeling and animation! Loccated at "cgcookie.com/blender/" Hope this helps!

Frame rate can be changed but I'm not sure as the max frame rate, depends on program running the animation I would guess. The Garage Games web site has LOTS of info and Tutorials to using Torque and now under the new MIT licence you can get Torque 3D for FREE!!! Check it out.

Wow! So what is the absolute highest number of frames possible in Collada? Can the frames limit be increased by editing? Where can I get more information such as assigning hot keys to trigger animation in Torque, using scripting language to trigger animation by events in game, or making the animation loop endlessly?

You can replace the default player model, but it's kind of a hassle. you have to name all the animations to the same thing the default uses and edit alto of scripts. But this is a normal part of making a custom game. If you have a paid version check out the China Town demo. I would also recommend getting a copy of Torque for Teens and Torque for teens second edition as it help you learn some of the things to making your own game.

Is there a way to use this method to change the character model? Mine finds it impossible to replace the player mesh, never reads the model.

The Torque Engine can be slow if you are trying to do multiple things at once, Even on my Kick Ass system it runs great until I click over to the second monitor do work on a web page or Blender then it runs slower.... I'm not sure of the fix for it as I am a paid Licensed user so it's not the free demo that's doing it. Sorry but I haven't really checked on why it runs slow, Like I said it run great if I am playing a game or doing some editing in it on my Machine.

This engine is very nice one but the problem is it's is slow I have downloaded the demo one and its working slowly even I have udk editor and it is working perfectly

just like I show in the first 2 min of this video, but to use it you have to write scripts to make it a weapon or whatever it is so your players can pick it up and Mount it to them I.E. hold the gun to fire it. I can't tell you how as I never got to far into scripting myself, but the forums may have some tutorials that will show you how! Hope that helps you! Mike

yep cool thx for answering my questions. one last question. ok so i made a blender model of a revolver, as i already use blender, and i baked animations to it. then i exported it as a Collada '.DAE' file but now how do i import it into torque3D?

Oh, and if you want to get into making your own monsters and stuff with out spending any money for a 3D program, Blender can do it all!

OH yeah, you can do anything you want and you can buy the Torque art packs and monsters, and all the stuff in the Torque store!! The Free version just doesn't give you the Source code, it has the Torque Logo screen in your games, and you can't sell them, other than that it's the same as the Paid version. Which I have cause access to the Members forums is worth it!

And the free version you can still get art packs and crap for yeh?

Ok and the $179 version is the comercial license?

The Free version is full feature, make any kind of game you want it is NOT crippled in any way, you don't get the Source code, tech support or Members only areas of the Forums. You may NOT sell games made free version, but can give them to your friends. Free version will include Made with TORQUE logo on start up. You can put Your Logo with the Paid version, NO fees paid to Garage Games, UNLESS you make more than $100,000 in sells a year, then you have to go Commercial Licenses.

Hey that was excellent. I am gonna get the free demo of torque but do i need the $179 version to create legit games i can sell?

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thank you, you are a big help for me ;)

Never mind, crisis averted. Thanks again for the video! :D

Thanks for the video! I have a problem, however. When I load in my mesh it doesn't show up. It's there, I can select it, but it's invisible and intangible. I tried changing the mesh settings, but nothing seems to be working. Any advice is appreciated.

Texturing 3D models is general done in the 3D application that made the model or one that can import the models format. I use Blender 2.62 as it supports a lot of different model formats and it's FREE! As for "skinning" the model the skins are made in a program like photo shop or Gimp (FREE!) and then imported into the 3D model program. Hope that helps, if your models are in Collada format then you can edit them, but most games do not give you access to the original models. Hope this helps!

hey i know this isn't the right place to ask this but do you know a 3d model editor for game skins like world of tanks? for more accurate skin editing, please reply :/ i really wanna edit skins