OPT, hate to sway from the subject but my 01 500 sportsman started creeping and hard shifting from Low gear. Anyways, read a lot of post, replaced the belt, #2 washer and #18. I put it together tonight and seems to still creep in low. Everything looked good on clutch other than a worn #2 brass washer. Any recommendations? Shim out rear pulley? Bike has a little over 300 hours, well taken care of. Thanks

 

Again seems like the 2001 and 2002 were the worst on creeping problems. Look over these posts from a while back and see if it might help. A lot of it has to do with that soft brass washer and a replacement for it along with aligning the clutches.https://atvconnection.com/forums/pol...-creeping.html

 

OPT, it's good to go now! First I added two washers, roughly .05", to space out the rear clutch. That took care of the creep, then I realized I forgot to put the spring back in the clutch! Once the spring was back in place, the belt really centered nicely on the clutch. Thanks for your help!

 

Yes it needs the spring..