89 Gas EZGO Marathon Lift Kit Install

[TrentT]

So I decided to tackle the lift kit tonight. Everything went reasonably well, until I went to install the steering linkage. Everything on my cart comes from the bottom up. The instructions, and all the videos I see show the ball joints going from the top. So I decided to go ahead and attach the bracket, and just install it like all the others, from the bottom up. Then I discovered that the pin doesn't fit through the hole. Grrr! To make matters worse, I think using my impact driver may have stripped the nut. Now I'm at a loss on how to address this issue. Anybody have an answer? Also, the toe out on the drivers side is crazy bad. Thank you for any advice

[StoveBolt]

As far as toe-in, on the ground with wheels on and tie-rods unhooked, measure across the front and back of wheels so their straight, then adjust the drag link (tie-rod wheel to wheel) to hook back up, then find the center of the steering wheel by turning it back and forth and have someone hold it there, then adjust the tie-rod to the passenger wheel to hook back up... way I do it anyway.

[StoveBolt]

As far as the tie-rod not fitting, looks like you will have to drill out the hole (it doesn't have to be tapered) and just enough to show a full nut of threads.

[TrentT]

I drilled it out and got it to work! I got everything adjusted so the new wheels and tires are straight. Crisis avoided there. However, crisis showed up doing the rear lift. Extremely easy and straight forward, as far as the kit installation, but when I lowered the rear diff to get the spring extenders on, a piece of fuel line pulled off and a wire got pulled pretty tight by the time I caught what was happening. Now it won't run! I don't have any spark. It looks great, but it won't run. I'm afraid this may be beyond my capabilities, unless any of you have any ideas.

[TrentT]

I had some extra fuel line, so that was fixed, but I can't tell if I'm taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back, or 1 step forward and 2 steps back!

[slonomo]

It's not really clear what you're asking help with. You say a wire pulled out? Did you put it back where it goes? Did it split or break? Not seeing what happened in the picture.

[TrentT]

Got you. Sorry about that. I didn't see anything pull out, nor did I find anything disconnected. The wires in my hand are the ones that got yanked on pretty good. Everything ran great before I dropped the motor down to install the rear lift. I think these wires go from the ignition module to somewhere in the abyss of the motor.

[TrentT]

Maybe I messed up a ground somewhere when I dropped the motor down. I can't see anything wrong or disconnected. I guess what I'm asking is if there is anything that cause me to lose spark just by lowering the motor. Or, what should I be checking?

[TrentT]

Or, pulled the wires loose from the pulsar coil. That probably fun to get to!