well ill tell you,tues day,left front inner tie rod, and front strut leaking fulid out of it, tried to get it off the trailer and than a no start, found starter soilnoid no good, went to lowes to get 1 for a lawnmower till i went to get all this fixed under warranty, by the way lowes has the same 1 that is on it, 13.00 bucks, put a new strut and innertie rod on, went riding thursday, ohh boy! left bottom a-arm bolt came out and tore it all to beep!,with 500 very HARD miles on it, i still love my 600, everbody keep a eye out on those a-arm bolts.

 

I wouldnt hurt replacing your a-arm bolts with some grade 8 hardware

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of atv maintenance. If I had a nickle for every tie rod end I've changed on a Polaris, I could buy the company. It's still the only thing I ever had to fix on my Sport, so I can't really complain. But I still had to change them about every two months.

 

I have a 04 sp 600 changed tie rod,gears where shifter enters trany,rear hub berings,now bottom rear buchings are loose in rear a arms and now its knocking and lost power could be a valve. droped it off at dealer its nothing but problems after problems now i know what a lemon is.

 

Hey Bear600, how many miles do you have on your sp600??? After atv pulls all last summer, half a dozen very
abusive atv rides in northern wisconsin mud and rocks, and two relentless hunting trips my '03 sp 600 is
doing just fine. the only thing I've had break was a c-v boot that tore when I backed up into a tree branch-
my own fault. of course I think cleaning the bike up and maintenance after every outing has helped!!!

 

My 600 has 170 miles on it and i forgot i changed a cv joint too.and my 600 is spotless its always clean and what kind of maintenance would prevent a cv joint or tie rod,valve,hub bearing from breaking i change my oil every 50 hrs i grease the ball joints i clean my K&N air filter every 2 weeks and put K&N oil on it,any idea to prevent what broke on mine beside not using it i do use mine every day!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]