Trouble with cart

toddalan · 08-29-2009, 01:24 PM

Hello i am new to this list. My electric 36v ezgo cart started making a clicking sound in the back when i would go in reverse, it was a very busy weekend so i kept using it until of course it stopped working. I can hear the motor turning when I accelerate and it makes a light grinding type noise but the cart does not move. My hope is that this is something I can fix myself but I do not know were to start. Can anyone help? Thank you so much in advance I really love my cart and use it alot..

scottyb · 08-29-2009, 01:30 PM

Sounds like a stripped out hub. Remove the rear hub caps and have some one try to go while you watch the nut in the center of the brake drum. If it spins without moving the wheel, then that's it. They can be very hard to remove if rust/frozen on the spline and the new one needs to be torqued on VERY tight.

dougmcp · 08-29-2009, 01:32 PM

Sounds like the brake drum is loose or the spline is stripped.
Pull the cotter pin on the rear drum and tighten the castle nut to at least 90 ft.lbs. and reinsert the cotter pin. Do not back off the castle but to insert the cotter pin, take it to the next hole. Factory specs call for the torque on this to be no less than 80 lbs and no more than 140 lbs.

scottyb · 08-29-2009, 06:42 PM

Well? Which was it loose or stripped? Or Both

08-29-2009, 01:24 PM	#1
toddalan Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1	Trouble with cart Hello i am new to this list. My electric 36v ezgo cart started making a clicking sound in the back when i would go in reverse, it was a very busy weekend so i kept using it until of course it stopped working. I can hear the motor turning when I accelerate and it makes a light grinding type noise but the cart does not move. My hope is that this is something I can fix myself but I do not know were to start. Can anyone help? Thank you so much in advance I really love my cart and use it alot..
toddalan Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1

08-29-2009, 01:30 PM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,406	Re: Trouble with cart Sounds like a stripped out hub. Remove the rear hub caps and have some one try to go while you watch the nut in the center of the brake drum. If it spins without moving the wheel, then that's it. They can be very hard to remove if rust/frozen on the spline and the new one needs to be torqued on VERY tight.

08-29-2009, 01:32 PM	#3
dougmcp Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 2,757	Re: Trouble with cart Sounds like the brake drum is loose or the spline is stripped. Pull the cotter pin on the rear drum and tighten the castle nut to at least 90 ft.lbs. and reinsert the cotter pin. Do not back off the castle but to insert the cotter pin, take it to the next hole. Factory specs call for the torque on this to be no less than 80 lbs and no more than 140 lbs.

08-29-2009, 06:42 PM	#4
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,406	Re: Trouble with cart Well? Which was it loose or stripped? Or Both

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