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07-27-2016, 05:03 PM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2016
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95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
quick question, I have a 95 ezgo txt with a rear seat kit. It was bottoming out on the left rear, so I ordered the heavy duty 3 leaf spring kit for the rear with all new bushings. After about 10 hours, it bottomed again, and I had to manually lift the cart up to get the spring to come back (it was like it was sprung the other direction, so when I lifted an inch or two it "popped" back up. Is there anything else that I am missing in the suspension system that could cause a heavy duty leaf spring to fail like this? I can swap the right and left leaf springs, and I have the same problem, on the left side, so it is most definitely a problem with the cart, not the spring.
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07-27-2016, 06:04 PM | #2 |
Master of All Things
Join Date: May 2013
Location: West Columbia, Texas
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
there has got to be something wrong with the way its set up. take some pictures of both ends of the spring so we can see how you have them installed.
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07-27-2016, 06:18 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Central Delaware
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
Agreed. No way should those springs be weak enough to allow it to pop back and forth like that. What kind of shocks are you running? Are the hangers installed correctly? A pic of the whole spring, with the wheel removed, would be helpful too.
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07-27-2016, 10:20 PM | #4 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
Shocks are stock. Cart is at the campground, and I'm not heading out there for about a week. I will see if someone out there can get some pictures for me. Stay tuned.
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07-28-2016, 10:25 AM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Greenwood, SC
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
Thought are maybe something is bent? Has this always been your cart? Has it always don't this? Is it possible someone repaired it and welded the mounts in the wrong spot? But I would think mounting them would be a huge pain and near impossible if it was too far off.
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07-28-2016, 11:35 AM | #6 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2016
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
I just bought the cart last year. In my quick inspections of the mounts it doesn't appear that anything has been modified. The odd thing is, it worked like a champ for the first 6-8 hours or so. Had 4 people on the cart and it didn't give at all at first. It's been this way since I bought it, which is why I bought the heavy duty springs.
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07-28-2016, 11:54 AM | #7 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Greenwood, SC
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
I can't imagine the cart having enough weight even with people on to turn a spring backwards? But clearly your saying it's doing it???
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07-28-2016, 12:49 PM | #8 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southwestern Pa.
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
Oh....you don't have family genetics like those that run in my family...
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07-28-2016, 01:51 PM | #9 | |
Gone Wild
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
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07-28-2016, 03:07 PM | #10 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central Florida
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Re: 95 TXT heavy duty leaf spring issue
I'm with Helirich.... almost 20 years in the golf car service business now and I have never seen a rear leaf spring re-arch in 10 hours...... And definitely never seen one that could be "pulled" or " lifted" back to correct arch. Something has to be going on with the shackles, either the springs you ordered are shorter than stock or they are for a different vehicle?
Just a side note, but where did you get 3 leaf HD springs? Usually the HD springs for a Medalist/TXT (which I assume your car to be as you said it is a 1995) are designed with 4 leafs. I believe the 3 Leaf HD springs are usually made for the Marathon model (which if memory serves me right are shorter that the TXT springs) |
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