I think polaris makes a good quad but the 400s do have probs but my 500 is nice i really like it, its well made and never fails me!!

 

my buddie has a 2002 scrambler 500..he bought it almost 6 months ago and has gone through 3 belts,4 chains,swingarm bushings and ball joints,he usually hits the hidden stumps in the trails so i can understand the ball joints going..its at the dealer right now and they are going to replace the swingarm they say there is a 2 inch difference between the tires,even if the swingarm is bent that doesnt explain why he has gone through 3 belts?the new service guys at the dealer are a joke one guy asked us where the damn hour meter was lol we laughed at him and told him it didnt come with one then he says to us im going to start it up and shift it through the gears and that will tell me how hard its been ridden,he jumps on starts it up and then pulls out the choke,looks behind him and thinks hes going to back up lmfao, i almost fell on the ground laughing finally he shifted it into reverse and said well that seems pretty smooth,anyway maybe my buddies 500 is a lemon he doesnt ride anywhere near as hard as i do so i dont understand why his machine has been in the shop just about half the time he has owned it..

 

Dam that sucks I hope my 500 scrammy dont start givein me probs cause it will be sold, Dont get me wrong i can work on it, he!! i work on cars and trucks all day and having a quad that you have to work on more than you ride is a waste of time!! But all quads have probs its just how good you take care of them!!!

 

ya if u take care of ur quad the quad will take care of u

 

if you guys mean riding it really hard isnt taking care of it,then no i dont take care of it.but i do however chain my fluids,wash after each ride,grease everyride,lube the chain every ride and also look over the machine and tighten things down

 

No man if you dont ride it hard then your not having any fun!!! I meen like change the oil , chain lube and so on!

 

well i guess i take care of it better than most ppl and im still having all these problems,same with my friend guess we just got lemons..

 

BREAK an axle by hitting a tree?? hmm, [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] I could see bending but not breaking.
what are you doing to it. i dont belive this

 

i dont care what you believe pal,but ill tell you how it happened,i was heading home from my buddies house one night and i did a power slide onto a trail at maybe 30 mph,well i didnt see the log laying in the tall grass alony the trail.i slammed the log as i was comming out of the slide and it snaped my axle clean off at the axle housing..whats so hard to believe about breaking my axle?

 

ride it harder then it shouldnt break [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]