Polaris Sportsman AWD Repair
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2018
- Fixing the broken AWD on the Polaris Sportsman 700 EFI. Doing some minor electrical by-passing to overcome a broken speedometer cluster that's causing the AWD not to engage. Easy fix. Free fix.
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Mate a huge thanks. Picked up a Sportsman 500 today for cheap as chips as AWD didn't work. Did what you said and bypassed the broken speedo. Worked a treat. Legend 👍
Great video how-to. I actually picked up an 03 700 Sportsman today with a busted speedo and AWD would not work. Going to try this fix tomorrow. Thanks!
Glad I could help Robert
You just got a well deserved sub my friend. I am working on a 2000 Sportsman and me not being familiar with them I came online here to see if there's anything that might help, and your video done the trick and I just wanted to give a big thanks for helping me out. Cheers my friend.
That's great to hear that the fix helped ya out. Welcome to the channel
Thank you! Got the same broken speedometer and the AWD dont work. But now I got hope!! :)
Thank you! This also worked for my 02 sportsman
Great to hear!
Good to hear. I just picked up an 02 and it’s not working. Have to check that the speedo is broken first I suppose though
Worked perfectly!!!
If you do the bypass then if down the road you find a speedo what do you have to do to add the new or used speedo? Would you have to unground etc…? Thanks for your help
Just did it too my 99 n it worked perfectly thanks you saved me a lot of hassle and money
Thanks! Helped a lot, keep up the good work.
I have a 05 Palaris sportsman 800 and my 4x4 wasnt working because of my speedometer but your yellow button on the left handle bar when you put it in 4x4 hold that button and it will start working because it will trouble shoot it
Got to try that before bypass the wire! Thanks
I have a 2012 sp 500 ho. My problem is that I have 4x4 but when I shift into high my H symbol doesn't show up ad thus my 4x4 symbol doesn't show as well and in high I will not have 4x4. Any ideas?
Thanks dude!
Glad it could help.
Hey man i have a question for ya! I have a 2000 polaris 500 do you think this method should work cause the speedo on it is not working and the awd isnt also
Hi Ryan. I would imagine that this would work for you. I’m not too familiar with your machine but it seems that Polaris has kept things pretty similar in past models.
I have an 09' sportsman 550 efi and the 2x4 & 4x4 works, but it won't switch all the way to the left for diff lock. The switch actually won't move there. Not sure what the problem is but it's all sealed so nothing could get in there too keep it from
moving over. Any ideas??
I'd probably use some silicone spray and try to loosen up the mechanism with that. Hope that works for ya
@@sawingwithsandy ok, I'll try that and let ya know. Thanks for the help!
Is there a wire coming outta the front diff. I just bought one an 4x4 isn’t working an noticed wire broke on diff it’s gray. Thanks
That grey wire is the power, so yes you need to fix that
I have a 2002 425 expedition. The 4 wheel drive in the front wont work. Will this work for mine
I’m not sure unfortunately
I have a 2011 sportsman 500,HO .won't go into four wheel drive.how can I fix this.
Hey Michael the truck I shown in this video may do the trick for ya but I’m not too familiar with whether your speedo is working currently or whether my 2005 is similar to your 2011
Hey I also have a 2011 I would really appreciate it if you figure it out please respond
I have 2011 what was the answer
I have 2002 the face is broke but the inside components work still
That’s exactly how mine is. Kind of a pain but thankful it still works
@@sawingwithsandy it is going to stay like it is 350 for speedometer way too much I don't need it anyway
@@sawingwithsandy I got mine to work I all I had to do was take the cover off and spend the gauge back around and put a new speed sensor.
anyone have a problem with AWD wear both wheels engage but one is weaker I think the problem on my is the amateur plate
Wish I could help but I’m not familiar with that
By doing this, can I assume that makes the AWD permanent?
the switch works and allows you to go back and fourth between 2x4 and AWD
@@sawingwithsandy I just spliced this in to a ground and it cleared the blinking AWD on the speedo. Although, now It will not allow me to switch back to 2x4
Does it work to just fix the speedo?
Yeah it should
great video bud. I also have a 05 sportsman 700 efi as well.. I just did this hack and it did not turn on the awd indicator on my instrument cluster. I was able to have the awd light come on on the instrument cluuster before doing this mod by pressing the override button. Now the over ride button does not work. I need to know if this mod makes the awd light on and stay on? Also.. Is there supposed to be a awd light next to the off on switch? Thanks in advance.
Hey Jay. Unforutnatley my gauge cluster is broken and so Im not sure what lights come on. I do know that this mod caused my AWD to begin working again however even with the broken cluster. I also don't have a AWD light beside the on/off switch.Sorry I can't be more help on this.
@@sawingwithsandy I did test the AWD after trying this mod and it worked great. It does disable the light on the cluster though. That's why I wasn't sure it was working.. The switch does turn the AWD off and on. You just can't see it.. But it worked amazingly and I very much appreciate the video! I have my 4wd again!
Guys, if the speedometer assembly is toast then a lot of things won't work: the speedo itself, the backlight for that, the odometer, the voltage regulator, the AWD-related LED on the right handlebar, the driving assembly of the front two wheels during AWD, the low/high headlight, the Override button on the left handlebar. Probably 75% of older Polaris Sportsman ATVs have a fried speedometer, it's a terrible design. Typically, if the battery is low then the alternator's output spikes the incoming DC voltage and the TO48 power transistor inside the speedometer assembly then tries to consume that. It then gets so hot (360 degrees Fahrenheit) that it literally desolders itself from the circuit board and drops into the speedo assembly. So now, the two logic chips on the board can't work, there's no 12V/5V references for anything and like I indicated before, lots of things just stop working.
Nothing is ever easy to get to on these things. lol. They have gotten a little better with it in the newer models...but it seems the problems exist no matter.
Yeah I hear you. To work on anything on these machines I have to take half the plastics off it seems. I also learned quickly that the sportsman is very electronic. No more mechanical this mechanical that I guess. Ah well.
Definitely much easier removing plastics on the newer models...kind of. Except having to replace push pins every time I take the plastics out. Though they made most everything electrical much easier to get to. I know for my 04 sportsman I had to replace the steering shaft...not fun. A nightmare getting all the plastics off and back on again. Is what it is though...older ones still outlast the newer ones!
I accidentally parked my ATV in a spot I shouldn't have and realized it just as I was cutting down a tree and spotted the ATV in the corner of my eye. Lucky for me the tree landed on the front storage box and only ripped off the front light and speedo and bent the bracket that holds the steering shaft. Hard to believe but it didn't damage the steering shaft besides bending the handle bars.
Sawing with Sandy very lucky it was the wheeler and not you. Been there once before and got out of the way just in time. Really surprised it didn’t doing anything with the steering shaft! Really does stink that had to happen though. I wrecked my wheeler into a group of saplings. Which is how I bent mine. I was pinned under the wheeler. Walked away with just a really good bruise on the leg. How I walked away alive. Miracle. Wheeler on the other hand I had to replace all the plastics...steering. Axles. A arms. Was fun. Would have made a good “how to and what not to do video” 😂
Hey man my 4x4 doesn’t work but my cluster does
Wish I could help Tristyn but I'm not too sure what the issue would be
Mines stuck in 4wd
Why don't you just fix the speedo
Good question Wayne. The cost of a replacement was very expensive and so I wanted to just get it operational since I don’t drive it anywhere but around my property for utility purposes
One would think polaris would have recalled this problem but they dodged a bullet snd still took everyones hard earned money.. its awesome this works but what a scam polaris is.. i have a 03’ sportsman 700 and i did this years ago but what junk these machines are.. sad and disgusting they didnt have to recall this issue along with the ducatti ignition issue. Scam artists at its finest