DS clutch help...EMERGENCY

ETChamp · 07-19-2013, 11:03 PM

Doing this from my phone so please excuse me for bot searching this out.
Just towed 7 hours to race and my cart that I use for pit use is in need of some help.

Cart is a 99 DS. Wife and I used it Sunday and had no issues. Drove it into the trailer and when I rolled it out the clutch is seized. You can rev it to the moon and it will not even attempt to move. Got the bolt out of the clutch in a attempt to hopefully see inside to just see anything and the hub I assume is pressed on??!

We tried prying and I finally had enough and took a hammer to it.

Any ideas as to what might have happened??

Is this something that could be fixed here at the drag strip?

Does the engine have to come out or is there a way to lower it down?

rib33024 · 07-20-2013, 06:18 AM

Springbok · 07-20-2013, 03:07 PM

Which clutch? The drive clutch (front) on the motor or the driven clutch (rear) on the transaxle?

If it's the drive clutch, you need a special tool to pop it off, it's a press-fit. It should come out without having to remove the motor.
If it's the driven clutch, you just remove the center bolt and it should slide right off with no tools other than a wrench to remove the bolt.

Springbok · 07-20-2013, 03:13 PM

Drive clutch removal tool looks like this:

ETChamp · 07-20-2013, 05:46 PM

It's on the engine. Any idea what it could be?

07-19-2013, 11:03 PM	#1
ETChamp Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 30	DS clutch help...EMERGENCY Doing this from my phone so please excuse me for bot searching this out. Just towed 7 hours to race and my cart that I use for pit use is in need of some help. Cart is a 99 DS. Wife and I used it Sunday and had no issues. Drove it into the trailer and when I rolled it out the clutch is seized. You can rev it to the moon and it will not even attempt to move. Got the bolt out of the clutch in a attempt to hopefully see inside to just see anything and the hub I assume is pressed on??! We tried prying and I finally had enough and took a hammer to it. Any ideas as to what might have happened?? Is this something that could be fixed here at the drag strip? Does the engine have to come out or is there a way to lower it down?

07-20-2013, 06:18 AM	#2
rib33024 ...................... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: FT Lauderdale FL. Posts: 16,416	Re: DS clutch help...EMERGENCY TTT

07-20-2013, 03:07 PM	#3
Springbok Photoshop Guy Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Canal Fulton, OH Posts: 3,845	Re: DS clutch help...EMERGENCY Which clutch? The drive clutch (front) on the motor or the driven clutch (rear) on the transaxle? If it's the drive clutch, you need a special tool to pop it off, it's a press-fit. It should come out without having to remove the motor. If it's the driven clutch, you just remove the center bolt and it should slide right off with no tools other than a wrench to remove the bolt.

07-20-2013, 03:13 PM	#4
Springbok Photoshop Guy Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Canal Fulton, OH Posts: 3,845	Re: DS clutch help...EMERGENCY Drive clutch removal tool looks like this:

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07-20-2013, 05:46 PM	#5
ETChamp Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 30	It's on the engine. Any idea what it could be?