2003 Club car Pathway

[Jessie5783]

I was wondering if anyone had information on how to lift a 2003 club car Pathway and can provide lift info? I know it has front brakes so wondering if there is anything special?

[R&TBabich]

Originally Posted by Jessie5783

I was wondering if anyone had information on how to lift a 2003 club car Pathway and can provide lift info? I know it has front brakes so wondering if there is anything special?

We purchased our first cart a couple of months ago - 2003 Pathway.
From what I've read the suspension is the same as a regular DS, except for the addition of front brakes.
Any standard lift kit should work, but you will lose the front brakes when the spindle is replaced with a lift kit spindle.
Our rear axle drive gear ratio is 10.3:1 instead of the normal 12.3:1.
With my 18.5" tires & 10.3:1 ratio it has the same final drive ratio as 22" tires & 12.3:1 ratio.
Running 22" tires with our 10.3:1 gears may cause a loss of torque.
Ours looks like it's lifted 1/2" in the front with the addition of 2 extra plates on top of the front leaf spring.
Does yours have those?
I've heard you can go about an 1" or so with more plates.
The rear can be raised an inch or two with longer shackles.
I'm adding a rear seat so I replaced the rear leaf springs with a 3 leaf pack and may raise it a bit with steel shackles or at least replace the aluminum shackles with steel.
Does your have snubbers on the rear axle?
Those seemed to limit the upward movement of the rear axle.
I left those off when I put in a 4 U-bolt kit for the rear leafs.
What's with the "99" for the production month in our Serial No.s?

[Jessie5783]

Wow thank you! Ours has 3 plates in the front and we do have the snubbers.