heres a new one went out rideing last night. i now have 157 mi on 2000 500 cat and the steering started geting real spongy so i thought i might have bent a tierod so i stop and check things out . no bent tierod so i headed for home . when i poled it into the garge i found the center steering shaft had broke a factory weld and started spiting the shaft down the seam. im just cuireis if it has happen to any body els and if not its something to look for now my ? is what is going to happen with bigger tires on it. thank you all. myway IF ITS NOT A CAT ITS A DOG!!!!!!!!!!

 

The only steering problems I have is the tie-rod ends come loose at the spindles and the steering has a bout 2" of play in it. But never had any thing break.

 

I have a slight bend in a tie rod, but this is a result of slamming the right front tire into a washout at about 20mph which turned the quad around and just about flipped it. I think you will experience tie rod problems on any quad if you are hard enough on it. The problem that this guy has here is a manufacturer defect and thats the bottom line. That should definitely be brought to the dealer's attention.