Good morning ArlyA,
Back to your original questions of how to improve the turning radius of the Outlander Max XT 6x6. I like your idea of tinkering with the center drivers to help reduce the plowing effect of the Outlander 6x6's long wheelbase. I had not thought of that as perhaps part of the issue. The Outland turning radius (or lack thereof) was the first thing I noticed when I purchased my first one in 2020. At the time, I owned several 2010 Polaris Big Boss 800 6x6 and they turn completely inside the Outlander 6x6 turning radius. I actually drove them both in several circles in the gravel to make tire marks to measure the differences. The Polaris Big Boss 6x6 outside tire mark was right on the inside tire mark of the Outlander 6x6. I did this test on pavement and it was even worse as the Outlander 6x6 seemed to "plow" it's front tires more on a hard surface. This observation would support your notion that the center drivers are holding it straight causing the front tires to "Plow" a bit as they steer.
I have a Ford F-350 long bed and a Ford F-550 dually with a 10' bed and the F-550 turns much sharper than the F-350. The difference in the Fords is how the rims are mounted on the hubs which allows the F-550 to have a greater angle on the turned wheel. I recently purchased a 2022 Defender 6x6 Limited and it too has a sharper turning angle on its front tires and it turn much sharper than the Outlander 6x6. Observing this on the trucks and Defender, I wondered if I could increase the steering angle of the Outlander 6x6 to achieve improved turning radius.
Below is a picture of a new Can Am pitman arm for the Outlander, part number 703501110. I was pondering if I could increase the distance between the spline and the two tie rod connection points on the Pitman Arm and then slightly increase the length of the Tie Rods to maintain alignment. In my little pea brain, this would cause the wheels to turn sharper.
To be honest, this is a far as I have taken it, but I might give this a whirl this winter. We take our machines deep into the Alaskan wilderness hunting, so strength and dependability are a must and everything we modify has to be factory strong or better. Not only would the Pitman Arm modification need to be as strong, but I would need to make sure the extra steering angle would not compromise the front axle lower CV joints. And this proposed modification will add strain on the power steering unit as well due to the effect of leverage.
Sometimes you can take a perfectly good machine and make it worse by trying to improve something. There is a very fine line between MacGyver and MacGruber. I look forward to seeing if this idea works.
