When i go to start my sportsman, it'll crank, start, and the starter wont stop.. it continues to crank for 2 secconds to long... if i dont hold it long enough, it just wont start...

it seems to work better in N or Park then in drive...

is this normal?

thanks, erick

 

The starter is engaging the bendix ,which engages flywheel. When starting,blip throttle and bendix will kick back eliminating noise and excessive wear on bendix. If bendix still engaging too long,may need to remove recoil housing,grease bendix. Hope this helps.

 

so i should give it gas while starting it?

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: shorse

so i should give it gas while starting it?</end quote></div>


No, the dealer says that is normal. Rack it up to a Polaris oddity.

 

for everyone else...

do you give it gas to start it? bad to do so/ not do so?

 

What I meant is when it starts blip throttle to help bendix kick back quicker! Yes it is an oddity, but until a design change,I will continue to replace bendixes because of ground teeth! Just trying to make them last longer with this tip.

 

yes it does do this becasue of the design. i think what hes trying to say is w/ hitting the gas the engine will turn faster then the starter therefore kicking the bendix out of the flywheel faster. imo.

 

My 500 HO has done this since new, maybe not as long as two seconds, but a lot of racket from the right side for a 1/2 to 1 full second.

My 800 has never done it.

 

That is what I was seeing when I picked up the wife's 500 as well, even asked on here about it. General consensus was, "that is normal on a 500"
I have to admit the "trick" posted by Old Polaris Tech makes the most sense and coincides with how a 500 seems to start up vs the 800. The 800 of course being two 380cc cylinders and firing on every revolution spins up lots faster from starter to idle.

That big one lunger "500" has to go around twice to produce a power stroke or acceleration of the crankshaft rotation. so it takes a bit more for it to get "up to speed" as it were which would disengage the bendix.

Thanks Old Polaris Tech, I'll give that a try.