Custom Fab Lift Kit guidance

Dsmith1279

Folks, I've got an odd ball golf cart, a Yamaha G17A. Nobody makes a lift for it and it appears that it's a bit of a frankestein right from the factory. In looking at the lift kits on the web I think I've come up with a plan to do it myself. As I'm looking at these kits it appears that in the rear you basically unbolt the shocks, let the "rear arm suspension" swing down (that holds the engine/tranny/rearend), install the new "goal post lift and install the shocks. Thats pretty much it right? There really isn't any relocation of the rear axle to bring it back in inline etc... Right?

Here's a few pics of the cart. Basically what What I'm going to do is cut bracket from the frame that holds the A-Arms in place and weld in a spacer, plus some stability brackets. Then I'll build a drop for the top of the strut mount. Ultimately dropping it the distance I need and maintaining the factory geometry. Thoughts? Guidance?

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toadady

you need to make some round spacers,out of some thick pipe and probably some flat circles with holes on the bottom to bolt the struts to and some welded i bolts to bolt up top.

and..... you'll need to drop the lower control arms to keep the geometry

the rear on the other carts are not like your's it's more like a car suspension with those McPherson struts.

kellys~hotrods

I have seen spacers for coil over shocks built from thick steel plate cut in to two rings with steel tubing welded between them and longer bolts. You can't lift the front very much with this however, even if you made a drop bracket for the control arms. There would be too much leverage against the frame. If you plan on going more than a couple inches the lift should incorporate some sort of kick struts to tie the front suspension to the frame behind the lift to keep the frame from buckling. I incorporated just such a set of kick struts on my lift (15 inches).

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pachanga90

Another option,If you don't mind cutting the cart,Is a Z-Lift,like Club-Cars use.Cut the frame off behind the rear of the front-suspension,and lower it down from the cart,then tie the frame back together with Fish-Plates,and maybe some tubing,depending on how the frame is set-up.