Hodak:
Apparently there is another owner who also suffers from the cracked cross member who also posted.
Whatever brand whether it's Kioti, JD, Kubota, MF or whatever, if any of them suffer a design failure or manufacturing defect in the field, well, I feel bad for the owner. Whatever owner has put down hard earned bucks for the unit should be, without a doubt, provided with a proper remedy, no questions asked.