5 FREE tips for your Polaris 850 before you ride it

Here are 5 free tips for things you should do to your new Polaris Pro RMK 850 before you ride it.

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[davidrowley]

Why are all these Ski-Doo fanboys, watching this video on Polaris 850 preparation/adjustment tips. They MUST be thinking/dreaming about getting a Polaris!
When they start out talking about the 840, you know they've got a chip on their shoulder. Maybe buyer's regret?

[xdudex]

The fact these sleds don’t come with the basic tools to do these adjustments is a joke! Hell I had to let my buddy borrow my ski doo tools to adjust some of his stuff trail side, come on Polaris. Spare plugs....what?

[matthewcraig]

Tip 1-5. Sell it. Polaris is fucking junk.

[abrooks]

Great tips. One critique I have which applies to my polaris 800 is that anytime it has anything extra in the fuel aka break in or first ride of the season the engine fouls plugs in 91/non ethanol mode. Assuming the 850 comes with extra oil in the first tank from the dealer, I would run the first tank out before switching to 91/non ethanol mode. Just my 2 cents.

[dylanfisher]

Tip #1 buy a skidoo, tip #2 dump any Polaris you see, tip #3 follow tip #1, tip #4 follow tip #3, tip #5 follow tip #2

[danbuddy]

Great tips, Dan. I'm just down in Freedom, might have to hook up on a ride sometime, although I've only got the '18 800 axys...

[JLeeChron]

I like to move the kill switch down to lower part of bars, prevents accidental hitting it on harder impacts, and the occasional joker ..

[sylvaincomeau]

Polaris 850 owners might want to check their injection pump line to the engine. My dealer found a lot of the ones that they received had the clip holding the line not in place.

[UnsmartCanadian]

I work at a Polaris dealership.. One thing I say. DO NOT BUY THE 850 FOR THE FIRST YEAR! Had 3 guys already end up with hurt engines already.
1) Major cylinder wall scoring
2) Teflon from the piston was wearing away incredibly fast
3) Crank has problems with having play moving back and forth a tiny bit messing up oiling paths

All of this is happening already within the first 50-200 miles on these sleds. Sure you get good warranty term but it doesn't help when you have your sled blowing up in the mountains and needing a heli to fly you out. Or even just when having downtime in the short winter season.
ALSO: If your dealership adds oil into the tank in the PDI get it drained out. You will be fouling plugs like a mother fucker

[whylee]

Thanks for providing the info you do. Maybe you can answer a question for me. Been 25 years since ive been on or owned a sled. I bought a '13 Assault 800. Does the battery assist with pulling it over?? Doesnt have electric start. Went to pull it over and its hard as hell to pull. The battery is dead and is currently on charge. I believe the battery is dead since the speedo display didnt come on after pulling up the kill switch and turning the key to on. Has 4000 miles on it and is in very good condition. Thanks

[SonnyjTube]

Fuel is pretty dirty nowdays. E10 (95) or E5 (98) here in Sweden or the Aspen non ethanol is the premium but realy expensive but used in chainsaws that are stored with fuel for a long time as it degrades slower then the dirty ethanol fuels.

[zepyep]

Going to be Team Polaris this Winter!
thanks for the tips! can't wait to ride the 2020 850 i bought this summer! keep the good content coming this winter Dan!

[laspar]

Fuling the plugs ? Never happend t o me on a efi snomobile.

[mdoneg]

Back to watching your videos (snow in the yard here on Steamboat). Would love an opinion from you. I sold both my 600s and now looking at 14’ or 15’ 800s (2300 mi) or a 19’ 850 (41 mi). I can essentially get two sleds for the price of one. How reliable are the 800s vs the 850? I’m an intermediate deep powder rider.

[deansikorski]

The new 840 looks like a real nice sled. Some really nice improvements to the A-Arms and front end. Looking forward to riding one.

[SuperKp]

To each his own there all good brands and nice sleds now a days it's all what your doing /riding style and how you maintain and treat them I think is huge how they perform 3k miles later

[dirtrider]

none of these were specific to the 850 or even polaris in general.

[pjdathe]

Love this Video Dan! Informative, right to the point, helpful! Thank You! (btw, you have good lighting in your studio, did you use LED panels?)

[lowandfast]

For $15, 000 the oil should be full and shouldn't have to worry about the belt deflection, should be set already. That's some cheap shit. But that thing is bad af

[andyschad]

Great Video! Check the chain case oil. Last four new Polaris sleds we purchased in the last 4 years only had 3 ounces of oil in them. Very consistent. Spec calls for 10 ounces. Why? Not good to run chain case during break-in with low oil level.