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Polaris 500 User Manual

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INDEX
M
Main Gearcase
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oil Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Oil Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Maintenance Log . . . . . . . . . . 121-122
Maintenance, Periodic . . . . . . . . 52-56
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
N
Noise Emission Control System . . . . 51
O
Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Oil and Filter Care During Storage. . 99
Oil and Filter Change . . . . . . . . . 61-62
Oil Change
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Main Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Oil Check
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Main Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Oil Pump Priming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Oil, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-62
Oil, Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation on Public Lands . . . . . . . . 51
Operation, Cooling System. . . . . . . . 69
Operation, Transmission. . . . . . . . . . 72
Operator Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Outlet, Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
P
Park Brake
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Parking on an Incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking the Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Periodic Maintenance Chart . . . . 52-56
Plug
Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Torque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fouled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Spark Plug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Polaris Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
P
Polishing the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Premium 4 Synthetic Oil . . . . . . . . . 58
Pre-Ride Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pressure, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Public Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
PVT Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
PVT System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
PVT System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 72
R
Radiator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Radiator Coolant Level. . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear Gearcase
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Oil Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Oil Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Spring Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Suspension Adjustment . . . . . . 83
Release, Park Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the Vehicle from Storage 101
Replacement, Headlight Lamp . . . . . 87
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
S
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Seat Belt Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 84
Seat Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selector, Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Severe Use Definition. . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shifting Gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Signal Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Spark Arrestor Warning . . . . . . . . . . 78
Spark Arrestor Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . 78
Spark Plug
Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Torque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recommendations. . . . . . . . 67-68
Fouled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-105
Specifications, Gearcase . . . . . . . . . . 63
Speed, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Spring, Rear, Adjustment . . . . . . . . . 83
Stabilizing the Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35
Steering Wheel Inspection . . . . . . . . 83
Stopping the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Polaris 500 Specifications

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BrandPolaris
Model500
CategoryOffroad Vehicle
LanguageEnglish

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