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Old 07-31-2018, 09:23 AM   #1
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Default Considering a Yamaha cart, questions

So I'm looking at selling both my carts (club cars) and upgrading to one newer cart (2010+) I know enough about the club cars and EZGO carts to know what I'm looking at but I have 0 experience with the Yamaha carts. There is a place pretty close to me that sells/modifies used carts and most of what he has are newer Yamahas. Is there anything I need to look for or stay away from in these? are speed upgrades relatively easy? I don't want to lift it so not worried about that. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!
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Old 07-31-2018, 09:59 AM   #2
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if you get a G29 model, the first thing you want to do is ditch the weak Moric controller and tin can Hitachi motor and go with Plowman's Riot Kit. Call Don Plowman at Plowman's Carts and he'll walk you through it. He can configure for speed or torque or both. You won't be disappointed. he's a site sponsor
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Old 07-31-2018, 11:01 AM   #3
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Agreed. Also, search the forum white tag vs. yellow tag on the transaxle. I can't recall which one is best, but one of them is trash.
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Old 07-31-2018, 01:00 PM   #4
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The white tag axle is the bad one
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Agreed. Also, search the forum white tag vs. yellow tag on the transaxle. I can't recall which one is best, but one of them is trash.
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Old 07-31-2018, 01:03 PM   #5
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The white tag axle is the bad one


What’s wrong with it? I’ve never had an issue with a YDRE transaxle.


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Old 07-31-2018, 03:20 PM   #6
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What’s wrong with it? I’ve never had an issue with a YDRE transaxle.


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Early drive electrics had a Team axle with a bad gear in it. Gear wasn't hard enough, and wore out often. It can be identified by it's white tag on the top of the rib near the fill plug. Newer versions had yellow, then green, then blue tags. All were good after the white tag.
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Old 07-31-2018, 03:21 PM   #7
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There are tons of posts regarding this, but if i recall it's not a matter of if it will fail, but a matter of when. A gear issue which was addressed in 2011 i think.
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Old 07-31-2018, 03:32 PM   #8
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Early drive electrics had a Team axle with a bad gear in it. Gear wasn't hard enough, and wore out often. It can be identified by it's white tag on the top of the rib near the fill plug. Newer versions had yellow, then green, then blue tags. All were good after the white tag.


I have two like you just described (2008, white sticker.) Never had issues- yet...


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Old 07-31-2018, 04:49 PM   #9
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It was bad enough that Yamaha sent out reps to collect oil samples from the axles.
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Old 08-01-2018, 10:16 AM   #10
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Thanks for all the info!
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