in 2002-03 the 700s came with chrome rims, mine did and had the Rawhides too, they went to the Carlisle Badland radials in 2004 with the new look plastics.
The first EFIs were designated 2004.5 models.

Look at the prop shafts U joints and the ball joints . mine developed the exhaust leak at front Y pipe and it was a worn donut.

jim

 

Mine definately has an exhaust leak and what about the u joints is this a problem area along with ball joints?

 

And my manufacture date is 12-03-04 and is titled as an 04 unfortunately the tires are not factory tires

 

Maintenance issue for the most part since you have the front prop shaft and also the short rear one. Front u-joints needs to be kept greased and some year models of the rear one didn't have greasable zerk fittings. If you ever need to replace them don't get Polaris u-joints as they don't have zerks on the replacements. Napa #338 u-joint will work for the front and rear and have a zerk included. Ball joints are a common wear item on all the atvs. Replacemnts from Polaris were supposedly "life time greased" meaning you can't use the grease fitting on the strut. Epi has ball joints that are greasable. Possibly some other makers also.

 

Thanks OPT i think i may need new rears as if kind of clunks when going downhill using the brakes, kind of the same sound my expedition did if i downshifted when going too fast

 

what is the best belt to run on this machine? i do trails hills and creek crossings (not deep, just steep)lots of starts and stops for washouts etc?

 

Run the oem #3211091 belt and you wont have any trouble plus will last longer than most aftermarket ones. Usually costs more but worth it.

 

Thanks OPT !! i see so many belt options and since i don't know how long the one on it has been on i would like to get an extra to put in the trailer to have just in case it doesn't last very long!

 

So i got some time to ride the sportsman and the battery light started flashing so i had a new agm battery brought out rode it today with no problem until i went on a night ride and it started flashing again ran fine but just had the battery icon and the spedo needle flashing any ideas

 

Check that you're charging 14 volts or so while at an idle. If not the problem could be a regulator/rectifier in most cases. To eliminate the stator as the problem check resistance between the yellow stator wires leading to the regulator. Should be some small resistance between each other with no stator yellow wire shorting to ground. This was a weird year on regulators for the 700 efi. Oem regulators are expensive. This is the cheapest I've found if you need one.

Polaris EFI Regulator Sportsman 700

There are Caltric regulators similar to yours,but not sure they'd work or hook up the same.Shows for a 2005 and up. Worth checking into for the cheap price.https://www.ebay.com/itm/REGULATOR-R...NRpPsi&vxp=mtr