I have a 2004 Polaris 600 4x4 Sportsman. It was running fine and died. When the key is turned there is no power what so ever to the bike. I have searched all over for a fuse or circuit breaker and cant seem to locate one at all. Has anyone else had this problem and if no fuse or circuit breaker where should I start first?
Thanks,

 

If battery has voltage then check thermal fuses, has 2 in plastic pouches,check for voltage on wire on each side of pouch.

 

makes sure the battery is charged and has good connections right up thru to starter. like mentioned use a tester to see if thiers power going thru and check for corrsion and bad connections. this needs a battery charge to keep it running i do beleave.

 

I had a typo, this is a 2003. I have checked the thermal fuses, all connctions from the battery to starter. I touched the two terminals on the solenoid and that turns the motor over, however I still have no power when the ignition is on. Is there a fusible link somewhere on to that bike?

 

easy fix my kind sir ! theres a front cover in beteewn your front rack handsle bars pull it off inside you'll find my wires there should be few things looking like black bags with wires going trew them cut them open i bet you 1 or more of them have fused links that are rust and nasty looking i been threw this replace them all weather they look fine or not DO NOT REUSE them bags let them hang free so they can dry off they bags hold the water which caused the problem this is the addvice i got straight for a ploaris dealer and 2 of there mechanics !

Mike D

 

I have checked all three of them for continuity and they are all good. I opened one up and it is clean and dry. Could they still be the problem even if they have continuity?

 

its very possable ! 2 out of 3 of my friends looked great looked new had power in and power out we changed them one at a time it wasn't untill all 3 got replaced that it fired up and ran again well till the stator failed. . .but thats replaced now and old Maud as we call it runs like a top ! fires with a quick tap of the key !

also may want to check the ingnition switch its self and the power from switch to ignition system. electrical promblems are the worst to find and fix ! but give it some time once fixed that 600 is and unbeatable beast !

Mike D

 

Double check the Red off/on/off switch. Sometimes the switch gets water and corosion build up.

 

Honestly have no idea if this is the problem but recently i hooked up a jumper battery backwards on my 2004 sportsman 500 an fried an ecm, i had no power from anything the bike was totaly dead, a new ecm cost me 40$ used, i plugged it in an its all better, are there any fusable lnks on your model?