Another newly lifted cart with poor brakes

mandofire1980

Just got the lift on, alignment all set, rides great..stopping is another story..


I have read several theories and takes on this and wanted to get another opinion before I start taking things apart.

I have read to add an extra nut? I am assuming to the two nuts that are already mounted on the lower u bolt mount plate..

I have read to add longer brake lines...

I have read to do nothing that is the way things are now...

My small kids and wife ride on this cart with me so I need these brakes decent...


Please let me know if you have any insight..

96 Club Car DS..6" A arm lift..

Thanks again..

BGW

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G-Man62

I also added a 6" lift to my 96 DS but I put new brake shoes while things where apart brakes work just fine only lost some torque with the big tires

1moretoy

if the brake shoes are good, it could simply need adjusting. Some carts are even self adjusting (not sure about yours) but they can all be manually adjusted. Factory carts only have rear brakes which tend to not stop as well once larger wheels are installed. If you adjust and are still not happy you may want to look at after market front disc brakes.

mandofire1980

I see a threaded adjustment under the pedal where the brake lines come together, and the two brake line ends at each wheel..

Where is the best place to start adjusting?

Thanks again for your time.

1moretoy

Have you pulled the brake drums to see what condition the shoes are in? when you say brake lines, are your brakes hydraulic or cable operated?

the adjustment screw under the pedal is for pedal adjustment. You need to look for the adjustment screw on the back side of each brake drum. There is usually an adjustment screw that when tightened, spreads the brake shoes farther apart inside the drums to get a good snug fit.

Westbayou

Adjust the two nuts on that threaded rod and be done with it. I forgot to tell you that you will definitely need to tighten that up when you finish the lift. Your brakes are probably fine, just too much slack in the lines from removing the hangers. It will take a surprisingly large amount of adjustment to tighten up the brake pedal.

scottyb

I doubt that removing the hangers changes the brake adjustment. The brake cable is in a tube fixed at each end, how does freeing up the center increase the slack?
I think the bigger tires are just harder to stop, if you need more braking power consider rear disc brakes first, mixing front disc with rear drum brakes does not work well for the carts, you end up with much greater stopping power in front then the rear.

mandofire1980

Just to make sure we are on the same page...

Are we talking the screw under the floor board (1st pic) or the small nuts at the back wheels (2nd pic)


Please have mercy on me and my ignorance....


Thanks again...

Ryan

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mandofire1980

Hey Scotty..

Brakes worked fine until lift...I get that the bigger tires could increase the need for greater stopping power..

That being said, any recommendations on a rear disc setup?

Thanks..

Ryan

scottyb

You can adjust cable slack at the equalizer in pic #1. Adjust until slack is gone from the peddle travel but not so much that the brakes drag, cart must roll easy in neutral.

There are disc brake kits available for this cart in hydraulic and cable operated types. Both work better than the smallish stock drum brakes.