Polaris Atv Maintenance & Repair Tips - How to check the brake pedal on a polaris atv

On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Tom Roland and we are at Cottonwood Motor Sports and I am here to tell you about doing a service on a Polaris Quad and this is a fairly representative of macho, many of them. Something else to check on the Polaris' the rear brake peddle. The rear brakes on the later model ones is all hydraulic. The rear brakes on earlier ones is all mechanical and they are separate systems but they do the same thing. If the pedal goes down and stops like it is suppose to and it works fine but if it goes all the way down and it doesn't work and goes all the way to the floorboard then obviously something is wrong with it. Usually what happens is air has got into the system and it just needs to be bled and it's okay. There are no adjustments on hydraulic brakes. Hydraulic brakes self adjust themselves unless something comes loose or whatever but the actual adjustment as the pad wears, fluid fills in behind them and the clearance and actual adjustment stays the same so there is really nothing to fool with as far as adjustments. Same with hydraulic clutches on motorcycles. There is really no adjustment. As far as checking the pad wear on the rear is the same as checking the pad wear on the front. It just needs to be inspected and make sure the disc are not scored and there are no rocks and crud stuck up in them. Also that the thickness of the pad is okay and that they are not going to go metal to metal before the next service.