Need Some Help
#1
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Great forum first off! You guys have answer a lot of my questions already!
Here is the problem I am having now..
I just took my 2003 Sportsman 500 into the shop to get the first service. Got it back and now I am noticing a rattle noise when I am going. I try to get this sound to happen will the atv is idling but it wont or doesnt. But when driving it with various positions of the throttle i can hear it.. If i accelerate more it goes away sometimes.. What do you guys think? Is this something I should bring the machine to the shop and have them check out or am I just being paranoid?
Thanks a lot for any help!
Here is the problem I am having now..
I just took my 2003 Sportsman 500 into the shop to get the first service. Got it back and now I am noticing a rattle noise when I am going. I try to get this sound to happen will the atv is idling but it wont or doesnt. But when driving it with various positions of the throttle i can hear it.. If i accelerate more it goes away sometimes.. What do you guys think? Is this something I should bring the machine to the shop and have them check out or am I just being paranoid?
Thanks a lot for any help!
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theres probably just a loose bolt. had this problem the other weekend while riding, there was a noise only when u were going slow and when u got high rpm's it went away. also it didnt do it when u revved it or at idle so i looked around and it was just a loose bolt on the fenders and i took out the tool kid and fixed it right there and didnt make the noise again.
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The same thing happens with mine. When it is neutral I give it some throttle and I dont get the noise... But when moving I hear it.. I will give it a look over and see if I can find a loose bolt. I hope I can find and check all the bolts though! I guess I am just overly paranoid with my machine.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]
Thanks for the info!!
Thanks for the info!!
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After two hours of going over every bolt on the whole machine I noticed that the damn dealer when they did my first service (my heat shield had fallen of the day before) they put it on backwards and that was the cause of the rattle.....
Really gives me confidence in them....
Is there someplace you can buy a step by step repair model for a 2003 sportsman? I guess I will learn this stuff as I go but would love to have a guide to help me..
Really gives me confidence in them....
Is there someplace you can buy a step by step repair model for a 2003 sportsman? I guess I will learn this stuff as I go but would love to have a guide to help me..
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