Hi all. New to the forum and having a problem with my sportsman 400. I changed the head and cylinder gasket a couple of days ago and now I have what I think is antifreeze getting into my counter balance. Talking to a couple of people and researching this forum is leading me to believe the two issues are different problems. My wife stopped at the local dealer and picked up a couple of seals for behind the water pump, hopefully that solves the problem. When I get home I'm also going to pull the drain plug from the crankcase just to see if I spilled some anti freeze in there and maybe thats causing the problems. The machine is running better than it has in years after the gasket change so hopefully I can remidy this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

When you replace the water pump seals check the shaft for wear rings.If not bad you can repair them with a good epoxy and dress them down

 

Thank you, I will keep that in mind.