RXV Brake Issue

[H3LLCART]

So I am having an issue with my 2012 RXV Cart. I started smelling electric smell and did some searching on here and determined the most likely suspect was the brake unit. So I ordered a new one and installed it with no problem. It lasted about an hour then started smelling. Before I could make it home it locked up and the cart shut down. Maybe I got a bad one as a replacement but could something else be causing them to burn up? Thanks in advance.

[nickdalzell1]

All it takes is tightening the three M6 bolts too tight to EOL a new E brake.

Also was yours an OEM EZGO part # 617766? if it's an aftermarket one send it back and get an OEM one.

When installing you need only tighten the three bolts just enough to compress the lock washers, no more. then, in tow mode, key in N (on) you should be able to freely spin a rear wheel and not hear any resistance or feel any. if you do, the brake is dragging and will burn up again. sometimes cycling key on/off a few times while in TOW 'sets' the brake.

[Newbuggyboy]

Originally Posted by usgicollector

Yes buy OEM but not a HD brake.

As per Bob he is seeing more problems with people running the OEM HD brake even with the ones with the Curtis controller in them.

Saw this

[LabRat]

Yes we have attempted to use those bargain basement Brakes, you get what you pay for. No problem from the OEM. we replace about one every 6 weeks or so with no returns. Its the bearing encoder replacement thats the real pain. Yet another case of "Engineers gone wild" :]

[nickdalzell1]

Lately brake failures have gotten to where the cause ends up being 'kids were on golf cart before it failed'

I keep telling folks that no one under 16 should be driving on a golf cart, especially one with a 6" lift kit, and tuned to go 20 MPH. It's going to eventually end with more than just a simple brake failure or a broken nose piece from running into a tree (the parents laugh it off but if that had happened to me at that age i'd have myself whooped and grounded for six months) it will end with the death of a child.

[cgtech]

Originally Posted by nickdalzell1

Lately brake failures have gotten to where the cause ends up being 'kids were on golf cart before it failed'

I keep telling folks that no one under 16 should be driving on a golf cart, especially one with a 6" lift kit, and tuned to go 20 MPH. It's going to eventually end with more than just a simple brake failure or a broken nose piece from running into a tree (the parents laugh it off but if that had happened to me at that age i'd have myself whooped and grounded for six months) it will end with the death of a child.

And, one might imagine that if every time the kids drive, $260 flys out of the pocket for a new brake, that would get shut down....