Fixing and Tuning Your Polaris 500 Carburetor
If you've spent any time on the trails lately, you know that a finicky polaris 500 carburetor can quickly turn a great weekend into a frustrating afternoon of towing your rig back to the trailer. These machines, especially the older Sportsman 500 models, are absolute workhorses, but they rely heavily on that little hunk of metal to mix air and fuel perfectly. When it's off, everything is off. You'll get that annoying backfire, a stubborn idle, or worse—a machine that simply refuses to wake up when you pull the cord or hit the starter. ...