golf carts

[sambmx]

Any golf cart guys out there? Ive got some questions as im buying one this week and throwing on some nice tires,my own long travel suspension and lift and a 440 sled motor. I was wondering if the axle is up to the task of offroad use, are they fairly strong? because im new to this.

anyway it is a yamaha probly mid 90's thats all i know for now untill i look at it.

prerunner with lots of suspension travel roll cage and 80+ ponys under the seat.

 

[Crawlsalot]

we got 3 lifted golf carts, all wit like 23" atv tires. never messed wit the motor tho. we beat the crap outta them and nothin has boke.

 

[TMXONR]

The last time I went golfing, me and some of my friends went after it rained. when we started our carts were green, when we were finished they were brown.

 

[geislerj3]

the rear ends are pretty stout. We have had good luck with them. I am right now working on a G1 yamaha that now has a 440 john deere sled motor on it and lowered 4" in the front and 3" in the rear....slicks on the back and skinnys on the front like a drag car. Here is a pic of out old electric cart that was a basket case when I got it...

All it was used for was to pull the dragster around the pits

 

[OORRACING]

my friend had the front end done like you want to on his golf cart. its so smooth. it has 10"kings in it. but thats all i can help you with. i know nothing about those.

KEvIN

 

[rbl]

the strongest rear ends(for new models) is the EZ GO golf carts, and the strongest hands down is the 1978-1979 model harely davidson (four wheels not three) the rears was made by DANA and set up just like a 1:1 ie spider gears side gears, and even have a pinion brake installed on the yoke!!

 

[freetimecrawler]

Yep, RBL knows his stuff, We have a Dana plant here and I have a friend that has worked there most of his adult life, he got ahold of a 79 AMF/Harley Davidson with that rear and a few years back we made our own low budget 4x4 by putting 2 of those axles on his buggy/cart, we hooked them up to 2 riding lawnmower trannys. We ran a 500cc liq cooled snowmobile motor. A crazy contraption is was to say the least. But it worked well, just had to have both trannys in same gear. We were working on a mod using a snowmobile clutch when the barn were we had it stored in burnt to the ground.
But anyway, yep thats rear your looking for, I 2nd the hands down.

P.S. Cool looking cart Geislerj3!!

 

[rbl]

thanks! 8) but being a golf pro and owning a few golf carts, plus being a few beers away from drunk and putting them threw there paces :lol: always helps

 

[sambmx]

great thats what i wanted to hear. Now im tryin to decide do i want to go fast of do i want to build a crawler/basher out of it.

btw nice kart


would it be worth makin a 2wd crawler with 23"s a grader ball rear suspension and 4 link front? or should i stick with the prerunner idea im confused.

 

[Creep]

Well, how do you feel about going the pre-runner route and hauling A$$, then saving some cash, swapping in a front axle and slowing down? Then you could figure out which is more fun the old-fashioned way!