Help with Solid Axle

MotoJames · 08-02-2016, 07:58 PM

Hey there, I have a 1993 EZGO marathon with a busted electric engine that won't come off the input shaft on the axle, so I want to put a Solid axle in it in order for me to install and use my Honda clone to power it. Does anybody know any stores or online shops or services that I can purchase parts for a solid axle? Any tips or pointers? What do I do about the Suspension and brakes? Sorry if this is the wrong place to add this thread, I'm a tad bit new to this forum.

rayjayy · 08-02-2016, 08:47 PM

Have you used plenty of penetrating oil on the rusted shaft? I used some PB Blaster for the first time today and it worked very well. I had a stuck tie rod end on a JD garden tractor that was really stuck. Let the PB soak for about 5 mins and then rapped on the tie rod end with a hammer with a sledge hammer head under the tie rod end to work as an anvil. Rod end came right off then. I was actually surprised !!

scottyb · 08-02-2016, 08:54 PM

Solid axle is a hard way to go ?

sho305 · 08-04-2016, 08:41 PM

Some of the gokart places have axles reasonable. There are pros and cons, you can't turn sharp that well with a solid axle. Sure they are better offroad and for lots of power or mud and snow, but driving on hard pack they are a pain. I know a guy with an utv with one and he hates it. It tears up his yard even. Anther issue is what really makes a golf cart work is the CVT, they don't work well without or some kind of transmission. Even most utv have gone to cvt they work so well, light weight, reliable. So many find a golf cart gas rear or with cradle and put the whole thing into a cart. Some rears you can get a posi unit some you can't.

KRAZYMATT · 08-05-2016, 07:25 PM

try AEROKROIL. it works. you get what you pay for.

TX Foilhead · 08-05-2016, 11:26 PM

Acetone and Transmission fluid is the best and the cheapest. I have taken out broken bolts from the exhaust manifolds in my boat with my fingers using it, it works.

skuhleman1524 · 08-07-2016, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRAZYMATT

try AEROKROIL. it works. you get what you pay for.

This. I work in refineries and plants. This is the only one we use. Bolts rusted and haven't been touched for 40 years come out fine with kroil...

teecro · 08-07-2016, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skuhleman1524

This. I work in refineries and plants. This is the only one we use. Bolts rusted and haven't been touched for 40 years come out fine with kroil...

The oil that creeps....

LVCJ · 08-07-2016, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRAZYMATT

try AEROKROIL. it works. you get what you pay for.

Agree. That stuff is amazing. I've read that that stuff can get into spaces as small as a millionth of an inch!

08-02-2016, 07:58 PM	#1
MotoJames Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 5	Help with Solid Axle Hey there, I have a 1993 EZGO marathon with a busted electric engine that won't come off the input shaft on the axle, so I want to put a Solid axle in it in order for me to install and use my Honda clone to power it. Does anybody know any stores or online shops or services that I can purchase parts for a solid axle? Any tips or pointers? What do I do about the Suspension and brakes? Sorry if this is the wrong place to add this thread, I'm a tad bit new to this forum.

08-02-2016, 08:47 PM	#2
rayjayy Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Buford Ga Posts: 25	Re: Help with Solid Axle Have you used plenty of penetrating oil on the rusted shaft? I used some PB Blaster for the first time today and it worked very well. I had a stuck tie rod end on a JD garden tractor that was really stuck. Let the PB soak for about 5 mins and then rapped on the tie rod end with a hammer with a sledge hammer head under the tie rod end to work as an anvil. Rod end came right off then. I was actually surprised !!

08-02-2016, 08:54 PM	#3
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,410	Re: Help with Solid Axle Solid axle is a hard way to go ?

08-04-2016, 08:41 PM	#4
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: Help with Solid Axle Some of the gokart places have axles reasonable. There are pros and cons, you can't turn sharp that well with a solid axle. Sure they are better offroad and for lots of power or mud and snow, but driving on hard pack they are a pain. I know a guy with an utv with one and he hates it. It tears up his yard even. Anther issue is what really makes a golf cart work is the CVT, they don't work well without or some kind of transmission. Even most utv have gone to cvt they work so well, light weight, reliable. So many find a golf cart gas rear or with cradle and put the whole thing into a cart. Some rears you can get a posi unit some you can't.

08-05-2016, 07:25 PM	#5
KRAZYMATT Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,506	Re: Help with Solid Axle try AEROKROIL. it works. you get what you pay for.

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08-05-2016, 11:26 PM	#6
TX Foilhead Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 37	Re: Help with Solid Axle Acetone and Transmission fluid is the best and the cheapest. I have taken out broken bolts from the exhaust manifolds in my boat with my fingers using it, it works.
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