2011 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO Owners Manual - Page 135

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INDEX A Accessories ...111 Air Filter ...83 All Wheel Drive System ...33 Apparel, Protective ...12 Auxiliary Foot Brake ...78 AWD Switch...24, 33 AWD System ...33 C Coolant Bottle ...76 Coolant, Radiator ...77 Cooling System...76-77 Corrosion Removal, Chrome ...108 Crankcase Emission Control System 61 D Demand Drive Capacities ...74 Drive Belt Wear/Burn...113 Drivetrain Break-In...42 Driving Downhill ...53 Driving in Reverse ...57 Driving on a Sidehill...52 Driving on Slippery Surfaces ...50 Driving Over Obstacles ...56 Driving Procedures ...48 Driving Through Water ...55 Driving Uphill...51 B Battery ...97-102 Charging (Conventional) ...101 Charging (Sealed) ...101-102 Fluid (Conventional) ...100 Installation ...99 Removal ...98 Storage ...100 Belt Life ...32 Boots ...9 Brake Fluid, Auxiliary Foot Brake . . 30 Brake Fluid, Main Brake System ...28 Brake Lever...27 Brake, Foot ...30, 78 Brake, Hand Lever ...78 Brake, Parking ...29 Brakelight Lamp Replacement ...89 Brakes ...78 Break-In Period...41-42 Breather Filter ...84 Breather Hose ...84 E Electromagnetic Interference ...61 Emissions Limited Warranty . 127-128 Engaging AWD ...33 Engine Break-In ...42 Engine Fogging...110 Engine Idle RPM Adjustment...104 Engine Oil ...68-69 Equipment Modifications ...9 Etiquette, Trail Riding ...44 Exhaust Emission Control System . . 61 Eye Protection...9 C Camber Adjustment ...103 Carburetor ...104 Carburetor Adjustment ...104 Cargo...58-59 Caster Adjustment...103 Choke ...31 Chrome Wheel Care ...108 Cleaning and Storage ...106-111 Clothing ...9 Clutching Chart...119 Consumer Product Safety ...7 F Fluid, Brake ...28, 30 Fluid, Demand Drive ...74-75 Fluid Change, Demand Drive ...75 Foot Brake, Auxiliary ...30 Footwell Removal...80 Fuel Filter ...31 Fuel Recommendations ...31 Fuel Safety ...11 Fuel Tank Cap...31 Fuel Valve...31 Fuse Replacement ...85 131

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INDEX
A
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
All Wheel Drive System. . . . . . . . . . 33
Apparel, Protective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Auxiliary Foot Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
AWD Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 33
AWD System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97-102
Charging (Conventional) . . . . . . 101
Charging (Sealed) . . . . . . .
101-102
Fluid (Conventional) . . . . . . . . . 100
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Belt Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Brake Fluid, Auxiliary Foot Brake . . 30
Brake Fluid, Main Brake System . . . 28
Brake Lever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Brake, Foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 78
Brake, Hand Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Brake, Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brakelight Lamp Replacement . . . . . 89
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Break-In Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41-42
Breather Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Breather Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
C
Camber Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Carburetor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Carburetor Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58-59
Caster Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Choke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chrome Wheel Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cleaning and Storage . . . . . . .
106-111
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Clutching Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Consumer Product Safety
. . . . . . . . . 7
C
Coolant Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Coolant, Radiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cooling System. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76-77
Corrosion Removal, Chrome . . . . . 108
Crankcase Emission Control System 61
D
Demand Drive Capacities. . . . . . . . . 74
Drive Belt Wear/Burn. . . . . . . . . . . 113
Drivetrain Break-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driving Downhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driving in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Driving on a Sidehill. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Driving on Slippery Surfaces . . . . . . 50
Driving Over Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . 56
Driving Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Driving Through Water . . . . . . . . . . 55
Driving Uphill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
E
Electromagnetic Interference . . . . . . 61
Emissions Limited Warranty .
127-128
Engaging AWD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Engine Fogging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Engine Idle RPM Adjustment. . . . . 104
Engine Oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68-69
Equipment Modifications . . . . . . . . . . 9
Etiquette, Trail Riding . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exhaust Emission Control System . . 61
Eye Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
F
Fluid, Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 30
Fluid, Demand Drive . . . . . . . . .
74-75
Fluid Change, Demand Drive. . . . . . 75
Foot Brake, Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Footwell Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fuel Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuel Tank Cap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuel Valve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fuse Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85