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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 05:23 PM
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My 2001 Sportsman 500 won't stop moving when you want to stop and come to a idle.It was creeping a bit before but now it's like the belt is fully engaged.
I only have 1200 miles on it.I haven't been driving it much until this year..What would cause this ? Do i need to take it in to the shop or could I fix it myself?.I haven't done any work on ATV's before..thanks[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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Adjust your idle down.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 10:11 PM
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either the idle is too high or maybe the one way ebs bushing is failing.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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you need to have your drive clutch ebs shimms replaced and it would be a good idea to replace your belt also
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:07 AM
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I just brought mine into the shop for the exact same reason. 06 Sportsman 500 HO EFI. The shop thinks a module flash is going to fix it. Aparently a tsb covered it and that was the fix. I will let you know.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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that sounds kind of funky. what is a tsb ?
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Default Need Help..SP 500 belt won't disengage.bike keeps moving

I will check the idle ..I think it was idling a bit high ..hope that's all it is .I am on vacation this week and was hoping to do some trails. If i need to take it to a local shop it would be Tuesday before he could look at it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
Is it easy to adjust the idle ?..Someone mentioned the throttle cable may be sticking too..will check this out today.

Thanks for all the help
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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I just had my 06 X2 in the shop for the Creep's. They needed to shim one of the motor mounts to get the clutches to align properly.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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I checked the idle it's not the problem..I will have to take it into a shop..I had put a new battery in it a while ago and the drain hose had fell off and the battery had drained some acid from the over flow onto the belt cover almost eating a hole into it..not good..[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
 
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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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Default Need Help..SP 500 belt won't disengage.bike keeps moving

TSB = Technical Service Bulletin
 
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