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polaris sportsman 400 96 backfires

Old Jan 9, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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I have a 96 polaris 400 I have changed the spark plug cleaned the carb. It will idle but if i give it gas in neutral or forward it will stall or backfire. The weird thing is if i put it in reverse it idles up and runs fine. If i want to go foreward i can hit the rev limmiter and it will go foreward with a lil power. Any help on this would be greatly appricited. thx
 
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Default polaris sportsman 400 96 backfires

sounds like the tranny switch maybe bad and making the bike think its in reverse whie in other gears. just a guess
 
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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that makes sense to me thx a lot
 
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