2003 club car ds

hot-shot · 03-31-2021, 08:34 AM

I have a 2003 club car ds. The cart will not move forward or backwards. If you move the cart slightly in either direction it will the move? Any ideas? Thanks

DaveMJ · 03-31-2021, 08:46 AM

Never experienced this, but maybe worn motor brushes or a dead spot on the commutator?

Does it happen every time you stop, or sometimes?

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camaroluvz28 · 03-31-2021, 08:55 AM

Mt first thought was motor brushes or carbon build-up as well...If you have good voltage in your battery pack...

hot-shot · 03-31-2021, 09:11 AM

Battery pack voltage is perfect. Yes it happens every time. Not sure what the commutator is?Thanks

camaroluvz28 · 03-31-2021, 10:04 AM

He is also referring to motor issue...commutator is basically what your motor brushes are riding against...

DaveMJ · 03-31-2021, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hot-shot

Battery pack voltage is perfect. Yes it happens every time. Not sure what the commutator is?Thanks

Commutator is on the end of the armature (the rotating part of the motor) highlighted in yellow. It's a series of contacts that the brushes (red) ride on to provide power to the Armature.

If the motor comes to rest in a position where there is bad contact between the brushes and the commutator motor will not start. Moving the cart will rotate the armature away from the point of bad contact allowing the cart to move.

hot-shot · 04-04-2021, 09:08 AM

Just reporting back. Bad motor. All good now thanks for the help.

DaveMJ · 04-05-2021, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hot-shot

Just reporting back. Bad motor. All good now thanks for the help.

Glad you got it fixed.

DaveMJ · 04-05-2021, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveMJ

Commutator is on the end of the armature (the rotating part of the motor) highlighted in yellow. It's a series of contacts that the brushes (red) ride on to provide power to the Armature.

Update to my prior post (#6 in this thread), just realized my sketch was wrong, updated sketch is attached for future reference.

03-31-2021, 08:34 AM	#1
hot-shot Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 431	2003 club car ds I have a 2003 club car ds. The cart will not move forward or backwards. If you move the cart slightly in either direction it will the move? Any ideas? Thanks
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03-31-2021, 08:46 AM	#2
DaveMJ Gone Wild Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: North Carolina Posts: 433	Re: 2003 club car ds Never experienced this, but maybe worn motor brushes or a dead spot on the commutator? Does it happen every time you stop, or sometimes? Sent using Tapatalk

03-31-2021, 08:55 AM	#3
camaroluvz28 Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 1,895	Re: 2003 club car ds Mt first thought was motor brushes or carbon build-up as well...If you have good voltage in your battery pack...

03-31-2021, 09:11 AM	#4
hot-shot Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 431	Re: 2003 club car ds Battery pack voltage is perfect. Yes it happens every time. Not sure what the commutator is?Thanks
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03-31-2021, 10:04 AM	#5
camaroluvz28 Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 1,895	Re: 2003 club car ds He is also referring to motor issue...commutator is basically what your motor brushes are riding against...

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04-04-2021, 09:08 AM	#7
hot-shot Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 431	Re: 2003 club car ds Just reporting back. Bad motor. All good now thanks for the help.
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