Speed

[daveswaney]

My '94 G8 Yamaha electric golf cart has had little required maintenance. Purchased used in '96. Recently I installed new batteries. Cart works fine with a strange anomoly, it goes faster in reverse than in forward. It was outfitted with a shunt to boost the speed prior to my ownership. Nothing has been changed or removed, just batteries.

[shadowman]

your gonna kill the cart if your talking about that soleniod thingy that gives you like a nitro boost so 1st i would do is get rid of that cause that maybe your problem.......but if you put this in the yamaha forum you,ll get more yamy guys who will know more.....................................

[OLD MEC]

I am not that familiar with older Yamaha's but sounds like its wired wrong as REVERSE for safety sake is supposed to be slower by either using 1/2 of battery pack or controller design?
PLEASE DO AS SHADOWMAN SAYS AND DISCONNECT THE BOOST IF ITS STILL HOOKED UP? I SAW THE REMAINS OF A CART AFTER MOTOR EXPLODED RUINING DIFFERENTIAL AND SAW WHERE PIECES CAME UP THROUGH SEAT TO WHERE DRIVER WAS SITTING AT TIME?????

[daveswaney]

I suspected the shunt but since it was on when I bought it, I kind of ruled it out. Thanks for your reply.

[shadowman]

your welcome and on this one please follow our advise........get rid of the shunt thingy as there are other ways to get speed it just cost more but 100 times safter than whats on there now...............good luck with it.........................................