EZGO-rattling noise from clutch

gallagher19

Hey there. My kart has been running great engine wise. But yesterday a rattle has started to come about. We took off the seat and had a look for something loose and found the heat shield was ready to fall off. Fixed that now it is sturdy and stable yet the noise is still present. Also noticed that when I take off from a dead stop it takes a while for the kart to get up to speed as if it is lagging. Also noticed it will go uphill but it seems to struggle. Where as before it was great everywhere. Does anyone know what this annoying rattling noise could be? The kart is around an 1988 EZ go

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gallagher19

Nobody knows what the noise could be??

Is my clutch screwed. Please help me. I don't want to keep running it if something happens to be loose in the clutch.

dan161

I'm no expert by any means, but if something has broken in the clutch like the spring perhaps then yes it would be very sluggish due the spring pressure being much weaker. And it could possibly rattle. However I would think the only safe way of determining that is to take off the clutch or clutches and take apart and inspect. Worse case scenario is your only out your time as it doesn't hurt to clean up the clutches every once in a while anyways.

gallagher19

Thanks for your input Dan, I will check it out.

gallagher19

Thanks for the input. I found out what it was. Clutch is fine. But I did see the bracket between the muffler and the engine was cracked. Going to weld it and we are back rolling. Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!