I bought my 98 trailboss about 5 months ago and the footbrake has never worked and the owner before me said it never worked. I read on the internet about a recall on the footbrakes of mine and a few other models. has anybody heard of this? and what i could do to fix it?

 

I've never heard of it, but I don't use my footbrake at all.

 

Not sure this helps much but I did talk with a Polaris tech and he said it was a poor design and they don't bother servicing them. I did bleed mine once and got it to work but that was very short lived........

Rob

 

ive never heard of any recall. i see on my 08' vs like my 06' that they relocated the brake resior higher up. guessing for more pressure.

 

i have a2001 trail boss my wife rides and had the same problem in 2006 have owned it since new have the brake system bled , they did mine at the polaris dealer
every thing has been good since then. . you should have good luck with that 98
we have had good luck with ours one cvt belt adjusted the valves and alittle brake work ,thats it

 

my 2002 500 foot brake doesn't work eather but going down teh road most of the time i can lock up all for weels with the hand and the lil foot i got the foot brake doesn't work unless i pull teh hand all of the way then i get a little bit out of it.

 

Heck and I thought I was a isolated problem. I bought my quad used back in 2003 and shortly after getting it noticed the foot brake not working. I took it in and had them rebled the brakes and it worked a little bit. Like others on here it was very short lived and I just don't ever use it now.

 

i thought you just pushed in to shift...lol

 

Just bought a 2004 scrambler, rear caliper does not work with the front hand brake or rear foot brake. Purchased a new rear caliper, it has not helped.

I can bleed the rear caliper with the front hand brake and fluid will come out the bleeder screw (still does not pump up the brake). No fluid comes out the bleeder screw with the rear foot brake.

Any help would be great

 

The only way Ive been able to keep mine working is to use it 5 or 6 timnes every time I ride, otherwise I have to bleed it again.