My friend just bought a 2000 Sportsman 500 and there is a threaded linkage that is broken. It is on the right side and goes from the shifter to a pivot point and than to the gear box.
It is below another linkage which appears to operate the drive system.
Now the guy he bought it from said it helped 'stabilize' the high and low gears so it doesn't jump out of gear.
Either way he is going to replace it. But it seems to run fine even with it broken.
What is this for exactly?