Hi everyone

I have a 2000 sportsman 500 and the indicator light on the handle bars for the AWD is not lighting up. I have snipped and grounded the two brown wires that go to each wheel due to my speedometer crapping out and my AWD works but the light does not. I'm just being **** but I would like it to work. Does anyone know if that bulb can be replaced and if so where I could get one


Thank you in advance

 

Technically no unless you like cracking things open and trying to find parts for one.You can only buy the lower assy if you're traced it down to the switch light itself.

 

After grounding the two brown wires it will go in and out of AWD I quickly pulled the switch apart last night and it appears to me if that switch works to engage and disengage the hillyard clutches the light should work. but I'm no expert is the light supposed to be a part of the circuit or should it still work with the bulb blown?

 

Early models (94 and before) with the separate awd switch had a bulb that could be replaced and did have to be good to complete the circuit. After 94 the bulb could be replaced but didn't complete the circuit,just a indicator only,the same as yours.

 

thanks old polaris tech. you have been very helpful. guess ill be looking for a whole assembly.....

 

#2010202 on the new part number lower assembly or if you're looking for a good used one #2010191(original part#) on Ebay. Just check Cheap Cycle Parts,Partzilla,Cycle Parts Ware House or even Amazon for a new one.

 

thanks again

 

Just thinking about the speedo. Try jumping the brown white to the brown in the speedo harness connector and see if that has any effect on the light.This bypasses the speedo entirely on the awd ground path even though you have awd since you rerouted the coil wire grounds to a common ground.May or may not help,but worth a shot. I'm like you,I like every thing to work right. Some could care less about a simple thing as a light as long as the awd worked.

 

ill go give that a whirl right now and post results after I have finished

 

bingo it works using the method you said. now in theory I should be able to re connect the two small brown wires to their connectors and everything should work since we have eliminated the speedometer. does this sound right to you?