Front Hub Oil Level Check; Front Hub Oil Change - Polaris 1999 Sportsman 400 Service Manual

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Fron t Hub
Oil level check
I. Place the ATV on level groun d and set the park-
ing brake .
2. Remove the front whee l as desc ribed in Chapter
Twelve .
3. Place a drain pan under the front hub.
4. Rotate the front hub until the fill/check plug
(F igure 39) is at the 12 o 'clock position , then re-
move the fill/check plug (Figure 4 0).
5. S lowly rotate the front hub un til the fill/check
plug opening is located at either the 4 o'clock or 8
o'c lock pos ition. If the oil starts to trick le out with
the hub in this position, the oil leve l is correct. If
not, proceed to Step 3.
CAU TION
Do not overfill the [mnt hub and do
notf orce the oil into the hub as the in-
ternal seals
will
be damaged.
6. Add the recommende d lubricant listed in Table
3 to the fron t hub. Fill the hub (Figu re 41) until the
oil starts to trick le out of the filllc heck plug open-
ing.
7. Rotate the front hub until the ti ll/check plug is
once agai n at the 12' clock pos ition.
8. Install the fill/check plug (Figure 40 ) and
tighten secure ly.
9. Install the front wheel as described in Chapt er
Twelve.
Oil change
I. Place the ATV on level grou nd and set the park-
ing brake.
CHAPTER THREE