Testing Motor On '96 Electric Club Car Cart???

The Mongoose

Can anyone advise me as to the easiest way for me to test the motor on my '96 Club Car Cart? I replaced the solenoid thinking I had a short going to it but that did not solve my problem. The cart was running great but now it seems to run for a short time then totally stop. I've got new batteries (~ 1 year old) and they are full of water and fully charged. When the cart stops running, the batteries are not below 80% charged. Do I need to test my motor? Please advise. Thank you.

BGW

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bonduranth

You are describing a common problem associated with the controller. You have controller failing.

The Mongoose

Thank you, Bonduranth. I was reading more after I posted and the controller was mentioned by another post. I appreciate your confirmation! Hope you have a good weekend!

shempferd

Just did this to test my motor.

Disconnect all 4 wires on motor.

Jump A1 to S1

Hook batt + to A2

Batt - to S2

I used jumper cables and 2 of my 8v cart batteries to give the motor 16 v so it wouldn't be too powerful.

Mine worked :)

sunoco

If you let the cart sit for a while does it start running again? If not, what do you have to do to get the cart to move? How long/far is a "short time"

Test each battery and post the voltages.