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Was out riding yesterday and was heading down a 2 lane dirt road with some washouts. Was going 15 - 20 mph and not sure what happened but I bent 1 tie rod to 90 degrees on the drivers side and the other to 15 - 20 degrees. Axle broke off at the CV and pulled out on the drivers side.
I can not think for the life of me what happened. We had been driving for roughly 2 hours before this happened. We had stopped just before this happened and I glanced over everything there was nothing messed up when we stopped. Maybe 5 minutes later is when it decided to give.
We were messing around on a dirt / gravel road playing with a buddy in his rzr and I headed down the road in the picture. If you look at the picture you can see my tracks on the left side of the road where my machine is at.
When the tie rods bent I went into a doughnut and spun into the woods smacking a tree. (no damage from the tree was more of a medium tap to the front bumper) In the picture this was me getting turned back around and back on the road to see wth happened.
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We picked the front end up and put an ammo can under the front a-arm and took the wheel off to see if we could straighten the drivers side tie rod enough to get it back to the truck. We got it bent back somewhat straight but when I got it all put back together tried making it to the truck I rolled about 10 feet and it snapped off.
Tie rod itself was bent at the threads on both sides. Not in the middle. It was a lot of fun being towed back to the truck by a rzr with a broken tie rod and axle. I was fighting the axle and tire flopping around for roughly 10 miles getting back to the truck.
Just as we got back to the truck Hobbes442 was pulling up to meet us to go riding. What a welcome, seeing one of your own being hauled in with broken axle and 2 bent Tie rods.
I was so mad I didn't get pictures of the carnage but the dealer did. Going to see if I can get them from him to post. In hind sight when you have anything like this happen make sure you get lots of pictures of the damage and surrounding for support in submitting a warranty claim.
The Other X (IndianaX) was behind me when this happened and his machine was fine. He was following me down the dirt road seen in the picture.
Later on Hobbes442 and IndianaX went back down this same road around the same speed and again with no issues.
Still not sure what would have caused this other than a manufactures defect and aligning of the planets. The dealer I got my X from was close so I went ahead and took it in to get the ball rolling on a warranty claim. I will find out Tuesday or Wednesday if it is going to be covered. They mentioned that getting a tie rod or CV covered on a claim was pretty tough and Can Am has been pretty tough on these particular parts. They wanted to make sure I was aware of this up front. I can not imagine what their argument there would be to not cover this. I was not in a hole or riding in something questionable. I was riding on a 2 lane dirt road.
Anyone else have problems getting this covered under warranty? I saw a post where JPO had submitted his for a claim but never heard if it was covered by Can AM. He was in a similar situation but int he sand.
When I was unloading it at the dealer, rolling in reverse, the passenger side wheel would lock up and drag. I have a feeling this was caused by the broken axle on the drivers side being bound up and not letting it roll. Had to roll it forward a little to allow it to unlock and roll it in reverse again. They were going to investigate further to make sure it was not something in the diff binding up.
As others have said you can not get a tie rod from Can Am. You can only get the Steering assembly. So on just the parts needed at a quick glance the Steering rack was $356 and the half shaft is $399. And if the warranty does not cover it I would have to shell out money for labor.
My X has less than 10 hours on it. I was right around 9 - 9.5 hours on my machine when this happened. These tie rods are pretty weak. So just a reminder to everyone with all the extras you are buying for your machine, you may want to pick up a set of tie rods to have with you just in case.
I can not think for the life of me what happened. We had been driving for roughly 2 hours before this happened. We had stopped just before this happened and I glanced over everything there was nothing messed up when we stopped. Maybe 5 minutes later is when it decided to give.
We were messing around on a dirt / gravel road playing with a buddy in his rzr and I headed down the road in the picture. If you look at the picture you can see my tracks on the left side of the road where my machine is at.
When the tie rods bent I went into a doughnut and spun into the woods smacking a tree. (no damage from the tree was more of a medium tap to the front bumper) In the picture this was me getting turned back around and back on the road to see wth happened.
We picked the front end up and put an ammo can under the front a-arm and took the wheel off to see if we could straighten the drivers side tie rod enough to get it back to the truck. We got it bent back somewhat straight but when I got it all put back together tried making it to the truck I rolled about 10 feet and it snapped off.
Tie rod itself was bent at the threads on both sides. Not in the middle. It was a lot of fun being towed back to the truck by a rzr with a broken tie rod and axle. I was fighting the axle and tire flopping around for roughly 10 miles getting back to the truck.
Just as we got back to the truck Hobbes442 was pulling up to meet us to go riding. What a welcome, seeing one of your own being hauled in with broken axle and 2 bent Tie rods.
I was so mad I didn't get pictures of the carnage but the dealer did. Going to see if I can get them from him to post. In hind sight when you have anything like this happen make sure you get lots of pictures of the damage and surrounding for support in submitting a warranty claim.
The Other X (IndianaX) was behind me when this happened and his machine was fine. He was following me down the dirt road seen in the picture.
Later on Hobbes442 and IndianaX went back down this same road around the same speed and again with no issues.
Still not sure what would have caused this other than a manufactures defect and aligning of the planets. The dealer I got my X from was close so I went ahead and took it in to get the ball rolling on a warranty claim. I will find out Tuesday or Wednesday if it is going to be covered. They mentioned that getting a tie rod or CV covered on a claim was pretty tough and Can Am has been pretty tough on these particular parts. They wanted to make sure I was aware of this up front. I can not imagine what their argument there would be to not cover this. I was not in a hole or riding in something questionable. I was riding on a 2 lane dirt road.
Anyone else have problems getting this covered under warranty? I saw a post where JPO had submitted his for a claim but never heard if it was covered by Can AM. He was in a similar situation but int he sand.
When I was unloading it at the dealer, rolling in reverse, the passenger side wheel would lock up and drag. I have a feeling this was caused by the broken axle on the drivers side being bound up and not letting it roll. Had to roll it forward a little to allow it to unlock and roll it in reverse again. They were going to investigate further to make sure it was not something in the diff binding up.
As others have said you can not get a tie rod from Can Am. You can only get the Steering assembly. So on just the parts needed at a quick glance the Steering rack was $356 and the half shaft is $399. And if the warranty does not cover it I would have to shell out money for labor.
My X has less than 10 hours on it. I was right around 9 - 9.5 hours on my machine when this happened. These tie rods are pretty weak. So just a reminder to everyone with all the extras you are buying for your machine, you may want to pick up a set of tie rods to have with you just in case.
