A friend of mines sp 500 wants to crawl along when it is sitting there, I think its got something to do with the clutch alignments but not sure? Could you use a little help on this one.
Thanks,
Sparke

 

Assuming that the quad does this when in gear, it may be as simple as lowering the idle rpm's.

Alignnment is one of several items the dealer is supposed to set-up before delivering your quad. Unfortunatly I have seen many cases of misaligned clutches on new machines (crappy dealer prep) and the symptoms are poor belt life and gouging of the clutch face. Once properly aligned, I have yet to see one that has lost its alignnment.

 

Check idle speed first. On my brother - in - law's Magnum, it did the same thing when new. The engine was 'tight' and didn't idle well. They told him to drive it about 10 hours, after which they slowed the idle down & checked the jetting (I don't know if they changed anything except maybe the air screw) and it hasn't done it since.

 

Thanks I'll let him know to check these things

 

It depends. The idle would have to be extremely high rpm to do that. Iit's usually the clutch alignment. A very easy thing to correct by adding or taking out a shim. This is very common on newer machines, which usually require some type of adjustment after they get broken in.