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570 with engine problem

35K views 20 replies 8 participants last post by  570razor  
#1 ·
I was cruising down a dirt road last Thursday evening with my son and I got a bunch of clinking from the engine and then it just came to a stop. It would turn over and run a little so I put it in reverse and backed it into a drive way. I called for help and a ride. The real nice farmer said leave it here as long as you need too. When I got back there with my truck and trailer we had to push it up on to the trailer. It wouldn't start.

The next morning I took it to my dealer (Ball Equipment) in Richmond, Michigan. These guys still continue to amaze me. There service department is backed up with At least two weeks wait. They had me pull in the back and performed a leak down test right away. They said the top end looked fine. They noticed it would turn over and run a little. So do to all the noise they said its coming from the lower end of the engine. There guess is a crank shaft bearing, not sure until they split it open. They called me yesterday and told me the engine is out on the bench and would keep me updated.

They also checked to make sure my engine wasn't in the group of 2012 with the bad crank shaft problem. It wasn't, Chris and John did say they would try to get polaris to help out on this but there is no guarantee polaris will do a thing. I'm out of warranty and no extended warranty. I couldn't be happier with my dealer. John and Chris over at Ball Equipment continue to amaze me with there customer service. Thank you guys!!

My machine has 95 hours on it. I'm not real happy about my engine having to be rebuilt with so little hours. I hope polaris will step up and maybe cover some parts or something. I also hope this isn't a sign of problems to come with the 570 engine.
 
#2 ·
Aargh! Keep us posted please.
 
#5 ·
The problem was the crank shaft bearing. The bearing is connected to the crank. So it's scrap. The top end is still good. There going to see if polaris will cover the parts. I'm still going to have to pay for a lot of labor. I seen the engine split in half today at the dealer, lots of parts in that engine. What a bummer..
 
#6 ·
I have over 5,400 miles on my 2012 570. Lots of minor problems but nothing real expensive. As soon as other 50 inch brands are avilable I will trade mine in. My 2011 RZR 900 has 8,246 miles on it has been great. I did several improvements to avoid major problems do to the high mileage. Again as soon as a Kawasaki, Honda, or Yamaha model is available I will trade that one in also. The Polaris build quality is poor as is a few major design problems. I shorkel my intakes up under the roof for clean air. I'm just too old to wait and the RZR fun factor is worth the improvements. It takes about a week and $1,000 to set them up for high mileage.
 
#8 ·
I had a crank failure on my 2012 570 also that wasn't one of the recalled "batch". It was covered under extended warranty and I was lucky enough to get a complete crate motor from Polaris. I'm not happy with the quality of the work from my dealer (KW Cycles) though. Can you post up the number for your dealer? Romeo isn't much farther of a drive for me and it sounds like it would be worth the trip if any other issues surface for me.
 
#11 ·
A crank shaft bearing should not go after 95 hours unless it is run out of oil. You can not run a stock engine in any way that would hurt that bearing and make it fail...as long as there is clean oil for it to run in. IMO
Sorry to hear of your problem. Please keep us posted as to what Polaris does for you.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Well guys I have 4 oil changes in 95 hours with all Polaris oil and filters. So lets just say it can happen. I talked with swing arm and he has already rebuilt 570 engines with the the crank bearing going bad. I'm a maintenance freak when it comes to my machines. The main reason I bought the 570 over the 800, I can change all fluids and filters in 45 minutes. My dealer showed me the problem Saturday when they split the engine open. The top end is fine but it needs a new crank and there putting new rings in which is common. They were shocked it didn't do more damage. The mechanic said its a good thing I didn't try driving it or the cylinder wall would of been toast. I'm hoping polaris will pick up the parts.

I'm hearing that the 570 crank bearing is is a problem. I do know that there's no other crank to replace the Polaris one at this time. If there was I would pay the price and run with a different crank.

I'm starting to wonder if the turbo 570 thread is gone because the crank bearing took a poop.
 
#12 ·
Unless the bearing was defective. Remote, but not impossible.
 
#16 ·
Good news do you have the extended warranty or did they cover it as a defect?
 
#18 ·
Awesome! Now that's a good dealership
 
#19 ·
Jim is right about this dealership I have a polaris dealer 5 miles from my house and I still drive 40 miles to Ball, I have bought 2 machines from John and Chris at Ball and they are on it! I have bought many toys from other places and when you leave its like you never existed not the case there they will try to do what ever it takes to get you back riding. In fact i did have a problem with my XP and the parts were on backorder without hesitation John said he would take the parts off his only other unit that he had forsale possibly losing a sale on a brand new unit in my opinion now thats customer service!!
 
#20 ·
Just like my dealership, Triple S. They were ready to yank a drive clutch off a new 570 if they didn't have the parts to fix mine, without hesitation.