F & R switch maintenance

[metalmedic]

Just wondering if there is any routine maintenance required on the F & R switch. Contact cleaner, dielectric grease?

[DaveTM]

What do you use your cart for? Just driving around paved flat roads? Hard driving on sand dunes? Hunting crazy up 'n down hills? Twice a week taking grandma to the local store?

[metalmedic]

Short drives around the neighborhood, running around in the yard. Just wondering, because it's a 96 model and most likely the switch has never been touched. I guess there's nothing wrong with taking a look at it.

[DaveTM]

When you take your longest drive, flip up your seat and (turn off the key first) reach in and grab your heavy wires on the F\R switch and feel how warm they are. Touch them lightly first to make sure you won't get burned. They should not be that hot. If so...you need to do some maintaince right away. If the wires are nice and cool, then your probably good.

It's when the wires begin to get warm. That's when your contact points are getting dirty and\or having some issues.

If you feel confident as a do-it-yourself guy, you can take your switch apart and clean up the contact points with some very fine (and OH SO FINE) emory paper...and just a few strokes to get it bright...and do this with the paper on a flat surface. Don't take off much of the brass or you will create more problems than you solve.

You may just want to order replacement brass contacts and springs if that would give you the "warm fuzzes". Then you know what you have and when you did it.

Dave

[metalmedic]

Originally Posted by DaveTM

When you take your longest drive, flip up your seat and (turn off the key first) reach in and grab your heavy wires on the F\R switch and feel how warm they are. Touch them lightly first to make sure you won't get burned. They should not be that hot. If so...you need to do some maintaince right away. If the wires are nice and cool, then your probably good.

It's when the wires begin to get warm. That's when your contact points are getting dirty and\or having some issues.

If you feel confident as a do-it-yourself guy, you can take your switch apart and clean up the contact points with some very fine (and OH SO FINE) emory paper...and just a few strokes to get it bright...and do this with the paper on a flat surface. Don't take off much of the brass or you will create more problems than you solve.


You may just want to order replacement brass contacts and springs if that would give you the "warm fuzzes". Then you know what you have and when you did it.

Dave

Thanks for the great advice! I tend to worry about problems before they happen.