My 1st cart. 88 EZGO I need some serious help

[travr6]

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

The spider spins and drives the towers(6 of them 2 each arm of spider) the spider has 2 wear buttons on each arm and they slide in the concave towers. Yours are shot, they are replacable.

Where can I get the replacements at?

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

That clutch will bind and not close up on the belt if you have a battery don't buy one yet.

Is that because I am missing the buttons? Once I replace the buttons it will be fine?

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

I am worried about the wear that may have happened to
the inside of the spider from the swing arms(weights)
grinding on them. You need to pull the drive and dissasemble it.
Are those small pieces metal?

I am pretty sure they are metal. I did not take a magnet to them but they felt like metal.

Originally Posted by rib33024

Ok in one post you say that the battery would not turn the motor over and you had to hook up your charger to it to get it to turn over, and in the other post you say it worked ????

But if you hook the cables right to the battery with out the jumper cables you should have no problem cranking the cart

I hooked up my car battery to it and it would not turn over.

I hooked the jumper cables to the battery and it still would not turn over.

I removed the battery, hooked the jumper cables straight to the EZGO cables as seen in the picture I posted and it turned over.

I have not tried just a battery since I got the engine to turn over.

When I work on it, I still use just the jumper box with no battery to start it.

[travr6]

one more thing.

What does this thing do? (What the yellow arrows are pointing at)
Is it the governor? What is the point of it?
the bar pivots when you hit the gas and the end of it sits on the button of the cap.
Can I do away with it? What purpose does it serve?

Disregard the red arrow in the pic

[DOOmsman]

Is that because I am missing the buttons? Once I replace the buttons it will be fine?
Can't answer that till the clutch is off and inspected. The metal is not good.
On the the gov I am not up on them someone else will help.

[ruredy]

yea, do away with the gov. stuff. just more crap you don't need on it

[WGW Foods]

Yes that is the governor. Get the cart running good and then remove it. Good luck.

[travr6]

^
Why can't I take it off before I get it running good?

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

Is that because I am missing the buttons? Once I replace the buttons it will be fine?
Can't answer that till the clutch is off and inspected. The metal is not good.
On the the gov I am not up on them someone else will help.

I already took the cover off and showed pictures of the clutch. Those metal pieces which I assume are buttons, fell out of the clutch housing when I took it out.