Need Help: 2000 Polaris Explorer 400

[danny8929]

need help every time i put my atv in gear to go it stops what could it be

[Stoopidbot1]

We need some info. What year, make, and model?

[danny8929]

2000 exsplor polaris 400

[DirtDemon]

I assume that thing has a CVT transmission, if so, the problem could be in the clutch. It would really help if you could be a little more specific describing the problem.

[Sc0tt]

Yes and a little background like what was happening when this started. Did it sit up for a long time did something happen last time you rode it?

[danny8929]

I set for all winter

[danny8929]

Well i start it in gear now and i can still ride it but if start it in nutrul as son as i put it in gear it dies

[Ajmboy]

Does it feel like it's stalling the engine when you put it in gear or is the power just shutting off. Is it a slow engine sputter down or loose all power...

[danny8929]

No lose of power it just dies

[Ajmboy]

No lose of power it just dies

So it's as if someone turns off the key...power shuts down, lights stay on?

(I changed your thread title to be more descriptive for searching purposes)

[DirtDemon]

If there was gas in it all winter while it was sitting, then the fuel could have gelled up and clogged up the carb, take it off, take it apart completely, and clean it. However, you say that if you start it in gear, you can ride it. If it runs good when you do that, it probably isn't your carb. Maybe something electrical, is there a switch that is supposed to keep it from starting in gear? Have you always been able to start it while it was in gear, or did that start when you started having this problem?

[Ajmboy]

Maybe something electrical, is there a switch that is supposed to keep it from starting in gear? Have you always been able to start it while it was in gear, or did that start when you started having this problem?

That's what I was leaning towards, some sort of neutral safety switch problem.

[Stoopidbot1]

Does it have a clutch or is it automatic?

[danny8929]

yes

[danny8929]

i have allwas ben abel to start it in gear

[danny8929]

it is a automatic

[outlander560]

so wen u start it does it idle ok or does it seem like it is idleing to low or to high? wen u try to put it in gear from neutral is it really hard to try to put it in gear?

[mywifeknowseverythin]

God this thread is HARD TO FOLLOW!@@!@!@@@!@

Danny,,,,Please be Clear on what is happening with your Quad...They are trying to help you and from what I am Reading it is difficult to do so when your Posts are Thoughtless....

I mean no Offence....But please take the time to Complete a Thought in ONE POST and think about the Questions you are being asked....

Thank you....

Your Evil Mod

[DirtDemon]

Pull off the clutch cover and inspect the clutch, I think the springs that keep the clutch from engaging may be worn or broken or something. It sounds like when you put it in gear, the clutch is engaging too soon and killing the motor.

I will say this just incase someone gets confused, I know it is an automatic, it has a centrifugal clutch, not a manual clutch.

[Stoopidbot1]

That is whay I was trying to get at before. If everything is not engaging fully the motor would die out as soon as you went from nuetral to high. If you start it in gear everything is where it should be so it runs. Right?

Like on a clutch, if you don't pull it in all the way and put it in gear you will stall it.

[DirtDemon]

Exactly, the clutch on my R doesn't like to disengage completely because the cable shaft and push rod are a little worn, and if I don't give it a little gas when I put it in gear it dies. I should have fixed it last time I had it apart, but I was impatient and didn't want to wait for new parts to be shipped. Besides it is getting better as the clutch plates wear a bit.

[danny8929]

yes that is what it is doing do u no what it mite be

[Stoopidbot1]

Come on ute guys, help me out. Would that be clutch springs?

[outlander560]

u said on a different forum tha u took out the carb and cleaned it if im not confusing it with someone else... im thinking something is wrong in that carb area... i dont think a clutch trying to engage would kill ur motor... got any other info about it? any odd noises? any other info would be a lot easier for me to answer the question so i dont give u the wrong info

Edited March 7, 2009 by outlander560

[yimcyco]

sound like a safety switch

try to engage brakes and shift into gear

some atv has an engagment safety switch to keep accident from happening

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