extremely difficult rope starting 550 Polaris

[Timber]

I bought a used 2010 Polaris 550, and almost can't pull the rope start. Once it gets going it's OK to rope start. I know it's cold, but I've never had a snowmobile this difficult to rope start. What could be wrong?

[MN Mike]

You might want to check the routing of your starter rope, make sure it's has a clear path or run through any guides that might be there.

How tight is your belt? Does the sled tend to creep at all?

Just a couple thing to check.

Mike

[dan z]

Sounds like someone has to cut a few trees down to get a pair of fire hoses below his shoulders.

[leech~~]

I had a 2000 550 Sport Touring and when it got cold it was a little harder to pull over and I did not have Elc, start on it.

Just don't reef of the pull rope, start out slow and then give her a good heave. I even told the guy that I sold mine to that when it gets down below zero she will take about 5 pulls to start it with the first 3 feeling like you aren't turning it over very fast but she always started, even at -20 below!

[MN Mike]

I had a 2000 550 Sport Touring and when it got cold it was a little harder to pull over and I did not have Elc, start on it.

Just don't reef of the pull rope, start out slow and then give her a good heave. I even told the guy that I sold mine to that when it gets down below zero she will take about 5 pulls to start it with the first 3 feeling like you aren't turning it over very fast but she always started, even at -20 below!

If they are that tough, I wonder if switching to a fully synthetic oil would help?

Mike

[leech~~]

If they are that tough, I wonder if switching to a fully synthetic oil would help?

Mike

In where Mike? Injector, chain case? I did run Sym-synthetic injector oil in mine.

[MN Mike]

Yes, Injector Oil.

Mike