2004 sportsman 500 ho questions/concerns "newbiee"

[nicks500HO]

Hey guys! my first time here....love the forums...ok i have a few questions...i just picked up a 2004.5 sportsman 500 ho with 300 hours and 2100 miles on it....now i want to create my own maintenance chart.....so i did the oil change/filter, new spark plug, transmission oil with polaris synthetic gearcase lube. after i did the tranny fluid change i went on to the front gearbox...now in my manual and i bought a clymers manual it says there is a fill plug and a drain plug....all i found was 1 plug on the left bottom of the gearbox... so i opened it and almost dry.....so i put oil in it level with the hole....is this right????

now i went on to the rear gearbox.....where the *** is the plugs for the rear gear box??? i could not find anything......i bought the polaris oil kit for the tranny and front and rear gearboxes and the jugs in it say Demand Drive Plus, ATV Angle Drive Fluid , and the synthetic tranny fluid....where does the angle drive and demand drive fluids go???

so i went on to grease the joints.......oh man....all i found were the 2 grease nips on the bottom of the front struts.....there is none on the u-joints or anytthing anywhere else .....is this normal guys?????

Please help me i have never owned an ATV before and am worried i am not doing the proper maintenance on the machine.....i dont want it to brake b/c of lack of maintenance..

Thanks In advance for your help guys!

[4play]

I believe the rear diff and the tranny is all one piece is it not? also there should be 2 plugs on the front diff.... look really hard. i believe it's in a corner and hard to see.

[Bruce!]

First off, welcome to the board!

[nicks500HO]

Originally Posted by Bruce!

First off, welcome to the board!

Thanks Bruce

[nicks500HO]

Originally Posted by 4play

I believe the rear diff and the tranny is all one piece is it not? also there should be 2 plugs on the front diff.... look really hard. i believe it's in a corner and hard to see.

yea i searched and searched for it but could only find this one plug...

[The Kid]

thats the fill plug

[nicks500HO]

do you know where the drain plug is?

[chicknhwk]

i always go to atvpartcenter.com and look at the microfiche diagrams when i need to find that kinda stuff..

[nicks500HO]

awesome looked great thanks chickn

[pol500]

do i have to remove the axles on a polaris 500 ho 2001 to repalce the bearings and seals