the tire was just one scenario i've seen cause these kind of issues on units like this before, since there are other units that are not doing it then that may not be the cause.
knowing this i would look elsewhere, steering bearing, steering relief pressure, anything that would create enough force to break the joint or cause it to be out of alignment enough to bind it up and eventually break.
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