Polaris 2014 BRUTUS Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 99)

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MAINTENANCE
Shift Cable Adjustment
Inspection
Shift cable adjustment is necessary when any of the
following is noticed:
• Noise on deceleration.
• Inability to engage a gear.
• Excessive gear clash (noise).
• Gear selector is moving out of desired range.
Inspect the shift cable, clevis pins, and pivot bushings
and replace if worn or damaged. Check the cable
adjustment per the following procedure.
WARNING! Stop engine and chock both rear tires before
inspecting or adjusting the shift cable.
1. Stop the vehicle on flat level surface, put the gear
selector in PARK and stop the engine.
2. Chock the wheels.
3. With the gear selector lever in the Park position. Make sure the lever
is not contacting
the bottom of the shift slot.
4. Move the gear selector lever to the High position. Make sure the lever is not contacting
the top of the shift slot.
If there is any contact at either the bottom or the top of the gear selector shift slot, the shift
cable will need to be adjusted. Do the following adjustment:
1. Loosen the jam nuts.
2. Rotate the two jam nuts, as needed, to move the
gear selector lever up or down so the lever does not
contact the slot at either the bottom or top position.
3. Evenly tighten the two jam nuts until tight to the
cable mount.
4. Check operation of the gear selector. (Have the
vehicle in an open area with no bystanders or place
the vehicle on jack stands.) Start the engine. With
the gear selector in Park (the P light will be
illuminated), slowly increase the treadle pedal in
the forward direction. No utility vehicle movement
should occur and no gear clash noise detected.
Shift into High gear (the H light will be
illuminated), slowly increase the treadle pedal in
the forward direction to check forward travel. Shift into Low gear (the L light will be
illuminated), slowly increase the treadle pedal in the forward direction to check forward
travel. Move the gear selector to neutral (the N light will be illuminated), slowly increase
the treadle pedal in the forward direction. No utility vehicle movement should occur and
no gear clash noise detected.
If the gear selector lever and cable can not be adjusted as indicated above, see your dealer for
service.
Lever Top Shift Slot
Bottom Shift Slot
Jam Nuts