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Hi, I am a new member and just purchased a brand new 2014 Sportsman XP 850. I have absolutely enjoyed the few 6 hours I have put on the 4 wheeler thus far. Reading all the issues does not give me a warm and fuzzy, however I am reading with a grain of salt, if you know what I mean.
There is already a couple issues I have noticed. The headlight pod has a fitment issue where the top cover meets the bottom cover on the left hand side from the handle bar over the the aux power plug. I have taken the cover off and tried to refit it to the bottom cover, however the pieces just do not line up at all. It is almost as if the top cover does not have the same shape and/or size of the bottom cover.
I have already taken matters into my own hands and made a permanent fix for it and I will post some pictures when I get a chance. Has anyone seen an issue like this before?
The other issue is a strong smell of gas when I come to a stop. I have already read other posts about this on XP's as old as 2008. I guess it is comforting to know that Polaris has never addressed this issue and owners are taking matters into there own hands like I did with the headlight pod and fixing the issue themselves by moving the vent tube. :hmmm:
One more small issue I noticed is that on some of the rear a-arm mount points there is already a little bit of grease coming out of the bushing/mount areas. I am no stranger to grease fittings and the need to grease farm equipment, however I thought this too was unusual to be losing grease already:question:
There is already a couple issues I have noticed. The headlight pod has a fitment issue where the top cover meets the bottom cover on the left hand side from the handle bar over the the aux power plug. I have taken the cover off and tried to refit it to the bottom cover, however the pieces just do not line up at all. It is almost as if the top cover does not have the same shape and/or size of the bottom cover.
I have already taken matters into my own hands and made a permanent fix for it and I will post some pictures when I get a chance. Has anyone seen an issue like this before?
The other issue is a strong smell of gas when I come to a stop. I have already read other posts about this on XP's as old as 2008. I guess it is comforting to know that Polaris has never addressed this issue and owners are taking matters into there own hands like I did with the headlight pod and fixing the issue themselves by moving the vent tube. :hmmm:
One more small issue I noticed is that on some of the rear a-arm mount points there is already a little bit of grease coming out of the bushing/mount areas. I am no stranger to grease fittings and the need to grease farm equipment, however I thought this too was unusual to be losing grease already:question: