Lifted Cart Swaying

[CHONCH]

Whenever we have 4 people on the cart it seems to sway pretty bad. Any recommendation on how we can solve this. The Air shocks seems to help but still annoying at times

[BrewCityMusic]

if you're lifted and have larger tires like 22's on there, you're likely experiencing sidewall flex under a load such as 4 people provide ... A lot of the lift kit / tire combos out there include pretty low quality tires with very flexible sidewalls - I know, I had that trouble too. I swapped out to a heavy-duty ATV tire with 4ply sidewalls and it's amaxing how much stability I gained (especially at full tilt on the straights and while cornering fast).

Increasing your tire pressure will *help* but not eliminate the problem, albeit at the cost of a stiffer ride

[CHONCH]

Thats a good point. I have 22's although not sure of the quality of the tire or ply. I am going to take a look at the tires.

[BrewCityMusic]

if the sidewalls are single-ply (which the bulk of the "kit" tires are) that's contributing BIG TIME, especially with 4 people on the cart. I bought my tires through Dennis Kirk and actually found a set on clearance that ended up costing me a little LESS than the cheapies (I want to say they were right around $34 each)

[CHONCH]

Thats great thank you for your help!

[CHONCH]

So I checked the tires and they are 4ply. Any other thoughts is there some type of sway bar we can purchase?

[racin161]

Just for a thought you may have a miss alinement in the front of the cart not enough pos. caster and possible toe in adjustment This has been reported on some lifted carts. Start with 4-5 deg. pos. caster that would be top of king pin toward the driver or ball joint and 1/16 - 1/8 toe in front of tires toed in this amount as opposed to the rear. Just a check but worth the time to check it as it can make it nasty to drive. GOOD LUCK

[racin161]

Sorry but please supply the year of the cart so we know what were working with Thanks LOU

[CHONCH]

Thanks for that info.

The cart is a 97 EZGO TXT 295cc. Not sure the brand of the lift as it was already on the cart when I purchased it.

[BrewCityMusic]

Chonch, the tires may say 4-ply right on them but the sidewalls often aren't - best to look up the tire by model, etc on the manufacturers site to be sure - a lot of the kits out there actually tout their tires as 2 or 4 ply and "omit" the fact that the sidewalls are single (multi-ply sidewalls are generally reserved for heavy-duty ATV use, racing, etc).

And yes, the toe-in can definitely affect front end stability at speed, I thought that was MY trouble before I gave up and got the better tires, actually - the toe will cause the cart to be "squirrelly" when you drive it fast, if that desription makes sense, a slow roll or sway is more indicative of weak sidewalls (hope that clarifies a bit)