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Old 02-28-2011, 10:33 AM
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I changed the oil, oil filter, added K&N air filter, a NGK Iridium spark plug and 93 octane fuel. When you give it full throttle, it boggs down. I cant figure out why, its never acted like before.

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Old 02-28-2011, 10:39 AM
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is the airbox lid back on?

was talking about same thing yesterday to a friend, said sometimes if the airbox is not closed back up properly it can do that.
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 11:02 AM
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yes, the box is back together correctly. do you think maybe its the 93 octane? or maybe its running lean because of the increase in air and i havent jetted the motor?
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 11:02 AM
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Also, I have had to do some adjusting to the throttle adjustment on the throttle cable on the handlebars. I know it was atleast stalling out, can't remember if it was bogging at higher RPM's as well.
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 11:21 AM
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how do you adjust the cable?
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 12:04 PM
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about 6" from the throttle, there is a rubber boot around the adjustment (mine didn't have the boot around it) either turn it clockwise or counter clockwise. I have seen mention of it many times, could probably search a bit more, if you can't fine tune it by just manually adjusting it.
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 12:09 PM
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great! do you know how many ft lbs you are supposed to torque the spark plug?
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 12:22 PM
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i can tell you tonight when i get home and pull open the book, but again, mine is a polaris sportsman 500 2002, so that may be different
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 12:26 PM
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maybe so, i can try to do an online search as well
 
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Old 02-28-2011, 05:41 PM
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carb prolly needs adjusted, take out the carb, remove the slide and move the e- clip down one notch and also check ur fuel screw on the bottom of the carb, may have to drill out brass plug, make sure it's 2.5 turns out
 


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