95 Ezgo 36v shuttle 6 solenoid clicks wont move

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by tmaxx2007

I tried the B- to M- test. I get full pack voltage as solenoid clicks, when continually pushing down pedal the voltage starts to drop then comes back to full voltage. Is this a faulty pot meter?

Might be a bad potentiometer.

Disconnect the black and white wire from Pot Box at the controller and measure between the two wires with an Ohmmeter while you very slowly push pedal down.

The Ohms ought to climb smoothly from about 0Ω to about 5kΩ without any jumping around.

[tmaxx2007]

I checked the 2 wires on pot meter and the first time it seemed to be fine, tested it a 2nd time and it seemed to jump around a bit. Anyway to bypass controller to make sure its not bad? Thanks

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by tmaxx2007

I checked the 2 wires on pot meter and the first time it seemed to be fine, tested it a 2nd time and it seemed to jump around a bit. Anyway to bypass controller to make sure its not bad? Thanks

Bypassing the controller will not determine whether the controller is good or bad and is downright dangerous to do. (IE: The solenoid contacts can arc weld together and you have a runaway cart, not to mention neck injuries from the sudden acceleration.)

It would be safer to pick up a cheap 5k or 10k potentiometer from Radio Shack and clip lead it the throttle input to the controller.

Turn it to 0Ω, press the pedal to get the solenoid to click and then turn the pot up by hand.

[tmaxx2007]

Ok. Thanks johnnieB! I will give that a try.

[tmaxx2007]

I tried another pot meter from radio shack. Its the same result. Lurches a little then nothing. Any other test to try or is it the controller? Thanks

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by tmaxx2007

I tried another pot meter from radio shack. Its the same result. Lurches a little then nothing. Any other test to try or is it the controller? Thanks

Sure is starting to sound like a controller.

[tmaxx2007]

Hey guys, finally got a chance to put the rebuilt controller in and now it works great! Thanks again for all the help! This is a great site!