With age yes. The buttons wear out in the clutch and can “skip” over the helix (club car calls that the helix) and either break the buttons or if it hits just right will snap the ramps off of the helix. Almost always the spring is broken as well.
As long as the sheaves are not grooved (not wavy) then it should be fine to rebuild.
New spring, new helix, and new buttons, should be good.
You can get all the parts yourself or send it to CartPartsPlus for machining and rebuild.
