2007 Precedent wheels move opposite direction when on ground?

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by Mooncarter

You have one wheel that you say is rotating backwards. That is normal when the rear wheels are in the air. If the cart won't roll on the ground and you can spin either wheel in the air your motor is locked up. If one won't rotate in the air your brake is locked up.

So if I ‘can’ push both wheels forward in the air, the motor is locked? Sorry - I’m rather new to this!

[Mooncarter]

Originally Posted by God of Thunder

So if I ‘can’ push both wheels forward in the air, the motor is locked? Sorry - I’m rather new to this!

No. If you can rotate both wheels forward AT THE SAME TIME with the cart in the air the motor is not locked up.

[Mooncarter]

What I'm trying to understand is how you can push the cart forward and you say one wheel is rotating backwards.

[God of Thunder]

You can’t! It won’t move. When you try to push it forward, you can see one wheel “trying” to go backward

[Mooncarter]

Originally Posted by God of Thunder

You can’t! It won’t move. When you try to push it forward, you can see one wheel “trying” to go backward

And this is what I'm trying to picture. What do you mean it is "trying"?

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by Mooncarter

And this is what I'm trying to picture. What do you mean it is "trying"?

I can take a video tomorrow - but basically - if the cart is on the ground - and I push the cart forward, the wheel on the passenger side will move in the correct direction. The wheel on the driver side will try to go the opposite direction of the direction I am pushing.

[Mooncarter]

Originally Posted by God of Thunder

You can’t! It won’t move. When you try to push it forward, you can see one wheel “trying” to go backward

If it won't move at all what makes you think one wheel is trying to go backwards?

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by Mooncarter

If it won't move at all what makes you think one wheel is trying to go backwards?

You can see it "trying" to go that way, and you can see the other "trying" to go the opposite. It'll move a minuscule amount that nets a 0 as they "try" to move. Almost as if the wheel "starts" to turn, but can't because the other is going the opposite way.

[Mooncarter]

If you are sure the brake is not locked up I know what I would do. I would tie a rope to it and have somebody pull it with a truck and see if it frees up. If it does, that's no guarantee the motor is good. Does the cart have batteries in it?

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by Mooncarter

If you are sure the brake is not locked up I know what I would do. I would tie a rope to it and have somebody pull it with a truck and see if it frees up. If it does, that's no guarantee the motor is good. Does the cart have batteries in it?

The brake may be locked up - but once the wheels are off the round, the wheels will turn, just not easily. And when I say "not easily" - it takes a socket on the lugs, with an extended handle to move them. They loosen up sometimes, and then will tighten back up. It's possible I suppose the weight from the cart on the ground, may make the brakes "relock" so that they won't turn.

Yes, the cart has Trojans in it.

Also - I can certainly tie it up and drag it!