lifted club cars - lifted ezgo
Home FAQDonate Who's Online
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas Club Car
Gas Club Car Gas DS, and Precedent golf cars



Post New Thread  Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-03-2015, 03:07 AM   #1
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Post 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

Whats up old friends from BGW? It's been awhile since I have posted anything on here and thought I would share my recent project (and maybe get some tips).
What I am doing is attempting a rebuild on a 1993 Kawasaki FE290 engine out of my club car. This is my first engine rebuild unsupervised (that was about 24 years ago) so basically its my first time but I think I can handle this.

Well, so to start, here's what prompted this rebuild. I drove the cart for around three years and it ran great, this past summer i began to notice an oil leak. Not so much dripping from the engine but getting slung around my clutches and coating the belts causing them to slip, which also caused the starter belt to slip and wouldn't turn the engine over.

I have narrowed it down to 2 places I think it is leaking from, #1 around the clutch side of my crankshaft, I believe around the seal, and #2 is a gasket (crankcase) at the rear of the engine. There are a couple questionable areas but I will look into those after I get everything cleaned up.

So, while I have the engine apart, I thought what the hell, I may as well replace the piston, rings, bearings and most likely have it bored .010 over (just so the new rings will wear in good).

Well that's it for the bottom end. The top end (head) is the only thing that intimidates me a little, ill be needing some advice on that. Well enough of the rambling, here are some pictures. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg engine8.jpg (174.5 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg engine6.jpg (191.6 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg engine5.jpg (211.2 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg engine2.jpg (223.0 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg engine4.jpg (181.7 KB, 0 views)
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Alt Today
BGW

Golf car forum Sponsored Links

__________________
This advertising will not be shown in this way to registered members.
Register your free account today and become a member on Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum
   
Old 05-03-2015, 03:09 AM   #2
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

More pictures
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Case with Crank.jpg (229.9 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Case with Crank2.jpg (217.1 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Cover With Camshaft.jpg (334.4 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Crankcase Cover.jpg (232.6 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Crankcase Side.jpg (245.4 KB, 0 views)
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2015, 03:11 AM   #3
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

More Pics
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Cylinder with piston.jpg (176.0 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Cylinder.jpg (157.5 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg cylinder3.jpg (200.8 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg cylinder4.jpg (149.1 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Oil Pump Flywheel side.jpg (197.3 KB, 0 views)
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2015, 03:14 AM   #4
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

Pictures of piston, cam
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Piston.jpg (99.6 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Top of Piston.jpg (105.5 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Connecting Rod.jpg (147.3 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Camshaft.jpg (141.5 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Camshaft2.jpg (105.2 KB, 0 views)
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2015, 03:21 AM   #5
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

And a few more, as i am disassembling the engine I am putting all the parts in bags with the proper labels.

I did run into a problem when using the clutch puller tool, it took so much force that it jammed the puller rod into the first few threads of the crankshaft. I think I am going to have to relieve the hole about 1/4 to 3/8 down with a larger diameter drill.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Bags of Parts.jpg (172.4 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Clutch Puller in Crankshaft.jpg (129.4 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Clutch end of crankshaft.jpg (122.2 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Clutch End of Crankshaft (2).jpg (131.4 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg Service Manual.jpg (103.9 KB, 0 views)
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-03-2015, 06:21 AM   #6
lockman1
What the ....?
 
lockman1's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: N.E. Wisconsin
Posts: 14,900
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

Lookin' good Mike!

One thing though...
I wouldn't relieve the crank bolt hole larger, (even if it is just 1/4") it may cause future clutch puller problems!
if anything, just run a tap though it to clean the threads up!

Carry on!
lockman1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 07:57 PM   #7
villebacker
Gone Wild
 
villebacker's Avatar
Yamaha
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Stephenville, TX
Posts: 202
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

I also rebuilt my 93 FE290 recently. Pretty sure your major oil leakage is the crankcase seal. I pulled engine and replaced with aftermarket seal and it still leaked. When I pulled engine again I put in new rings, gaskets, seals, etc. I used OEM crankcase seal and now no oil leakage around the crankshaft. I have now have 160 PSI compression and no oil leaks. I went ahead and had both clutches machined while I was at it. Tickled with the results. I went back with standard rings since my cylinder miked to still be standard.
villebacker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 08:21 PM   #8
compmikey
Getting Wild
 
compmikey's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 124
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

Very informative pictures Mike. Thank you.
Hey Don, where did you source the parts gaskets and seals for your rebuild? Very useful info about the OEM seal.
Mike V
compmikey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 09:12 PM   #9
villebacker
Gone Wild
 
villebacker's Avatar
Yamaha
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Stephenville, TX
Posts: 202
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

I am not Don but this is what I did. I download the PDF in this link (http://goldenpro.fi/wp-content/uploa.../DS-1993-1.pdf) and got my part number and put it in the search box for GCartParts.com. They use Club Car OEM parts almost exclusively and have very competitive prices to aftermarket. If the part doesn't show up when you do your search give them a call and ask for Diane. She is extremely good and helpful to help you find a part. I actually got all my part numbers written down and gave them to her by phone since some of them always don't seem to show up in the search. But at least you can see what the price for each part that comes up will cost.

If I had it to do over I would do it this way again. If you download the PDF onto your computer it makes browsing through it much faster.

Good Luck
villebacker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 09:23 PM   #10
villebacker
Gone Wild
 
villebacker's Avatar
Yamaha
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Stephenville, TX
Posts: 202
Default Re: 1993 FE290 rebuild...and more

I noticed that the PDF in the link I posted in previous reply only has 74 pages. The one I have downloaded has 140. I tried to attach it in my reply but exceeds BGW attachment size. I will try to find another place to download it.
villebacker is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
club car, clutch puller, fe290, rebuild
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas Club Car


Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
fe290 rebuild question Gas Club Car
1993 club car ds fe290 clutch rebuild w/pic Gas Club Car
1997 FE290 Rebuild Gas Club Car
rebuild a fe290 very hard Gas Club Car
help fe290 rebuild Gas Club Car


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:58 PM.


Club Car Electric | EZGO Electric | Lifted Golf Carts | Gas EZGO | Used Golf Carts and Parts

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This Website and forum is the property of Buggiesgonewild.com. No material may be taken or duplicated in part or full without prior written consent of the owners of buggiesgonewild.com. © 2006-2017 Buggiesgonewild.com. All rights reserved.