Do any of you know how many grease fittings the 2001 SP500HO has?

Thanks Rowdy

 

I believe there are 26. The 2000 model had 27, but the 2001 eliminated one by using a ball bearing for the lower steering stem instead of a greasable bushing.

 

WOW thats a lot the dealer told me 15! How long does it take to grease them all?

ROWDY

 

bout 15-20 min but that is the life of your machine

 

Should take less once you get used to it.

 

15-20 min not bad I can handle that!

 

I belive walexa is right.

Off the top of my head this is what I come up with.

FRONT
2- axle
2- A arms
2- Ball bearing
2- drive shaft to the front

REAR
2- stabilizer
8- upper, lower A-arms right side
8- upper, lower A-arms left side

total of 26

 

3TV,

I'll try to explain where they are:

6 - lower rear control arms (3 each)
6 - upper rear control arms (3 each)
4 - universal joints (3 up front surrounding front gear box, and one just below recoil starter)
1 - splines behind last u-joint mentioned
2 - where front a-arms attach to frame
2 - ball joints(bottom of each strut)
2 - rear stabilizer bar
1 - just below headlight pod on steering stem bushing
1 - for pre-2001, lower steering stem bushing

24 should be on a 2001. I've thought that I counted 27 on my '99 sp500, but I must be mistaken. I've gone over and over it in my heat, and can't come up with any more.

 

How often should you grease them, everytime you go out? Just curious, I am picking up a 2001 SP500 HO on Saturday and wanted to know the maintenance of it.

Kevin

 

Rowdy,

Here is a copy of an earlier post that I made. This list agrees with the zerks illustrated in the Polaris Sportsman Service Manual.

This is the list for my '98. The differences with the new ones is discussed below.

Walexa, where do we differ? See totals below.

One of the posts above talked of zerks to grease bearings. There are no bearings on the Sportsman that are greasable via zerks.

2 - L&R front lower ball joints
2 - L&R outer tie rod ends (not on newer units)
2 - L&R inner part of front control arms
2 - L&R front inner U joints
1 - lower steering post (not on newer units)
1 - upper steering post
1 - u joint at prop shaft leading to front
1 - u joint midway on prop shaft (under recoil)
1 - yoke joint in prop shaft (also under recoil)
1 - foot brake pedal pivot point
6 - L&R rear lower control arms (2 outer, 1 inner)
6 - L&R rear upper control arms (1 outer, 2 inner)
2 - L&R ends of rear anti-roll bar
2 - L&R rear inner u joints ('98 and older only)
2 - L&R rear outer u joints ('98 and older only)

This totals 32 zerks on my '98! The newer '99s and 00's should have 6 less, totalling 26. The newer units do not have greasable outer tie rod ends (less 2 zerks), and they have dual CV joints instead of u joints on the rear drive shafts (less 4 zerks). As stated earlier, the newest (2001) units will be missing the one on the lower steering post.

So the way I see it there are 25 on the 2001s.


Other Notes:

I slip grease into my ungreasable inner tie rod ends using a grease needle.

Polaris warns that 3 pumps maximum should be used in the prop shaft yoke.

Polaris recomments that the u joints are filled until fresh grease is expelled from all 4 sections of each joint. This way all water and dirt should be expelled.

Greasing is relatively quick once you figure out how to access all of the zerks.

Hope this helps,

DJ