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INDEX
A
Adding Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adjustment
Headlight Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Park Brake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rear Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Throttle Freeplay. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Age Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Air Filter Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
All Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
All Wheel Drive Lock Switch . . . . . 31
Arrestor, Spark, Warning . . . . . . . . . 78
Auxiliary Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AWD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
AWD/Differential Lock Switch . . . . 31
Axle Nut Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-95
Charging (Conventional) . . . . . 94
Charging (Sealed Battery) . 94-95
Conventional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Fluid Replenishment . . . . . . . . . 93
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Beam Adjustment, Headlight . . . . . . 88
Before Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Belt Burning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Belt Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Belt Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Belts, Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 84
Brake
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Park Brake Adjustment. . . . . . . 82
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Break-In Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breather Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Burning Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
C
Capacity, Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Carburetor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Carburetor Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45
Cargo Box, Dumping . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Changing Gears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
C
Changing Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission/Main Gearcase . . 64
Chart, Gearcase Specifications . . . . . 63
Chart, Periodic Maintenance . . . 52-56
Checking Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission/Main Gearcase . . 63
Chrome Wheel Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning and Storage . . . . . . . . 96-100
Cleaning the Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cleaning the Exhaust System . . . . . . 78
Cleaning the Fuel Filter . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cleaning the Spark Arrestor . . . . . . . 78
Component Locations. . . . . . . . . 22-25
Condition, Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Coolant Level, Radiator . . . . . . . . . . 71
Coolant, Adding or Changing. . . . . . 69
Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cooling System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71
Cooling System Operation . . . . . . . . 69
Corrosion Removal, Chrome . . . . . . 98
Cover for Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Crankcase Emission Control System 51
Cylinder Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
D
Definition, Severe Use . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Depth, Tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Differential Lock Switch . . . . . . . . . 31
Differential Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Disengaging AWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Drive Belt Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Driving Downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driving in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driving on a Sidehill. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driving on Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . 37
Driving Over Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . 41
Driving Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Driving Safely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-48
Driving Through Water . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driving Uphill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Driving, After Driving in Water . . . . 73
Drying the Transmission. . . . . . . . . . 73
Dumping the Cargo Box. . . . . . . . . . 46

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Polaris 500 Specifications

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BrandPolaris
Model500
CategoryOffroad Vehicle
LanguageEnglish

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