not sure if this is normal, but when i put my atv in forward and reverse i get a grinding sound it's not to bad but you notice it is there anything i can do or what would it be??
thanks

 

My trail boss and trail blazer have done that since day one ,if your above idle at all

 

ill my polaris's have that. maby the idle is to high? try to lower it

 

thanks guys, the idle is pretty low right now, does it go away or reduce when the machine is at proper temp?

 

How many others have had someone get on it, when it's in nuetral? They think it's in drive, and gas it. Then jam it into gear before the revs come back down. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img] Thought the wife took out a few teeth before I finally got that driven into her head.

 

Don't pussyfoot around when you put it in gear either. Go ahead and slam it in there as long as it's at idle. Shoving it into gear slowly only prolongs the damage you're doing to it. These gears do not have synchronizers like car transmissions. They are pretty much straight cut gears and will make kind of a crunching noise when shifted. We'll make a Polaris rider out of you yet brownweiser.

 

thanks again fireslayer, going out this weekend, first time on the new toy

 

yes what fireslayer said use a swift and firm shift method when going high to reverse ..sometimes mine gets stuck in low if it happens dont panic or force the issue i just try to put it back in low and back out after several attempts it comes out done it since new never seems to hurt anything

 

brownweiser,You might also check your belt if it is wore very much it will also cause the same problem I had a 98 sportsman 500 with the same problem. if it is tryin to creep in gear you need a new belt

 

So youre saying that my new 06 800 with 250 miles on it needs a new belt? It has the creeps too.