"93" Club Car"...Rough /Hop/Hop Ride

Bill In Georgia

Just bought the unit, totally stock....36 volt ..put on new shocks, brakes, greased and lubed it right to manual's spec....
Was running standard turf tires and there was a noticed roughness/hop-hop when on pavement .../I adjusted "toe" within .2 degree...Still rough..
Jacked up the front spun the wheels ..no wobble.
Put a new set of DOT, stock road tires on it but still has the up/down hop....
if you get over 8 mph you have to hold the steering wheel for dear life.....
Running 18 # of air...
Don't think the axles are out of round or bent ..

-Ideas...??

-Bill

BGW

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shadowman

broken belt in tire? have you tried running at 12 psi or 10 ...................

Bill In Georgia

Yes its better below 15 and too soft at ten....that's the ride...but the Hop/Hop also diminishes ... still there but the intensity of the Hop.Hop is down...

Should I swap the fronts for the rears...???? And if it disappears... play musical chairs till we , ID the bad guy....

-Bill

shadowman

that was next swap tires and try to pinpoint if its just 1 tire or 2 or more.......if you can get your hands on another cart to swap all of them and see what happens if it goes away then we know its tire/wheel related and if not than its something else.............................

]DR[puff5

how old is clutch belt?

look for a wear spot on clutch belt

Bill In Georgia

Forgot to say this is electric.....But thanks for the return

-Bill

Bill In Georgia

OK...Got the toe into about .2 degree, but the alignment was off....the rear measurement was 1 inch longer than the front measurement, the tires were pitched in when viewing from the from.....
When I went to make the alignment adjustment and put a wrench on the tie bar nut the hole assembly felt very loose and fragile...so I stopped and ordered a left/right and tie rod assembly
Hope this takes care of the hop/hop/hop//

-Bill

Bill In Georgia

Swapping the front and rear tires ....Made no difference....!!

-Bill

scottyb

Have you spun the wheels by hand while the cart was on jack stands? This sounds like a hub or axle problem now.....it may be visible at low speed.

Bill In Georgia

Yes ..jacked up the front end and spun the wheels ..... mounted a straight edge on each outside....then took a 1/2 drill with a roller and ran the heck out of both front tires....no wobble......took 18 minutes for them to stop spinning...

Of course this is without a vertical load....??

NEXT....???

Can the alignment being off 1 inch be the bad guy...???

-Bill