lifted club cars - lifted ezgo
Home FAQDonate Who's Online
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas EZGO
Gas EZGO Gas EZGO Marathon, Medalist, TXT and RXV.



Post New Thread  Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-28-2016, 10:56 PM   #1
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default clutch slides freely but not engaging

i have a 1993 ezgo 4 stroke 295, when the belt is off the clutch does not slide over to engage at all. when i take the belt off i can slide it over very easily. is there a spring in these clutches that is possibly broken? It has sat for about 5 years, is it possible it just needs cleaned out?

I dont have much experience with these clutches, didn't know if this was a common issue with a broken spring or something of the sort.

thanks
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2016, 04:10 AM   #2
cart around
Test before replacing
 
cart around's Avatar
E-Z-GO
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border.
Posts: 3,489
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

You have two clutches.
The drive clutch on the engine squeezes together while spinning. The driven clutch on the rear end opens up while spinning.


Which one are you talking about?
cart around is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2016, 08:09 AM   #3
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

Quote:
Originally Posted by cart around View Post
You have two clutches.
The drive clutch on the engine squeezes together while spinning. The driven clutch on the rear end opens up while spinning.


Which one are you talking about?
Sorry about that, I was referring to the drive clutch on the motor.
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-31-2016, 11:02 PM   #4
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

maybe somebody has an idea?
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-01-2016, 12:02 AM   #5
cart around
Test before replacing
 
cart around's Avatar
E-Z-GO
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border.
Posts: 3,489
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

I have removed this clutch, but never opened it up.

I found a video on a Club Car drive clutch here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1XQlvqH_YA

I watched it without audio, so I have no idea what they were saying.

It might be the same as an EZGO clutch, but I have no idea for sure.
cart around is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-01-2016, 09:04 AM   #6
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

Is it possible that the internals are just froze up? This cart sat disassembled in the previous owners barn for 5 years before I got ahold of it. Got everything back together and she runs like a top but were not moving now haha
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-01-2016, 12:14 PM   #7
Sean5545
Gone Wild
E-Z-GO
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: North East, PA
Posts: 186
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

Not sure what clutch you have but most likely it has a spring to force it open and weights to centrifugally close it on the belt when the engine speed increases....I would start by making sure the weights aren't stuck in place. If you can get me a model of the clutch I may be able to help more. I'm pretty good with the older comet dusters....but I'm not sure what year EZ go stopped using them
Sean5545 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-01-2016, 12:48 PM   #8
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean5545 View Post
Not sure what clutch you have but most likely it has a spring to force it open and weights to centrifugally close it on the belt when the engine speed increases....I would start by making sure the weights aren't stuck in place. If you can get me a model of the clutch I may be able to help more. I'm pretty good with the older comet dusters....but I'm not sure what year EZ go stopped using them
I'm not sure where I can find a diagram for a part number, but it looks just like this one
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-01-2016, 12:27 PM   #9
Sean5545
Gone Wild
E-Z-GO
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: North East, PA
Posts: 186
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

http://www.eastcoastcarts.com/media/1635/ezgo_gas.pdf

This MAY help....check PDF page 109....it's not a lot but it describes the operations. I can't find any sort of detailed schematics
Sean5545 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-02-2016, 01:30 PM   #10
nwocart
Gone Wild
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 647
Default Re: clutch slides freely but not engaging

nevermind test post
nwocart is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas EZGO


Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
02 DS clutch not engaging Gas Club Car
Clutch is engaging really hard Gas EZGO
'95 EZGO clutch not engaging Gas EZGO
89 DS clutch not engaging Gas Club Car
Worn Clutch Cam and Slides Gas EZGO


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:48 AM.


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.