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08-16-2008, 10:57 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Club Car runs slow in reverse
I have an 80's resistor 36v cart. It runs slow slow in reverse. Works fine in forward. I can hear the solenoid clicking. I disassembled the f/r switch, it looked good so I sanded the contacts and reassembled. Still runs slow in reverse. Three weeks ago one of the steel bars from the right coil burnt into. Replaced it with a copper bar. Any suggestion as to where to go from here.
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08-16-2008, 11:02 AM | #2 |
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
Welcome to the forum Lou77.....................
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08-16-2008, 08:16 PM | #3 |
steeplejack x
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
I had an 84 DS and as I recall on that vintage Club Car, reverse only uses 18v and I believe they are the 3 batteries under the drivers butt. IIRC.
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08-16-2008, 10:37 PM | #4 |
Happy Carting
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
Fuzznuts, You are right = 18 volt reverse. The simplest rewire I have come up with is this; There are two positive cables coming off of the two terminals on the bottom of the F&R switch. One is green and connects to the pos terminal on battery #3. Unfasten it from the battery and connect it to the other terminal on the bottom of the F&R switch. You now have the same 48v source for both F and R.
However I am confused and concerned about this statement. Maybe Lou77 can clarify this: "Three weeks ago one of the steel bars from the right coil burnt into. " |
08-17-2008, 08:02 AM | #5 | |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
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08-17-2008, 08:51 AM | #6 |
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
Are your positive power cables set up as I described? If so yes it will work for 36 and 48v. Use your voltmeter to be sure that you are moving a positive cable to a positive location if you are not sure. There are alot of voltage and amps there to be guessing about! This picture here is from a 48v CC. You can see where I have installed a copper bar across the two terminals at the bottom of the F&R switch. Then I no longer need the reverse positive power cable. IMO this is the best way to accomplish this but, the cable will work to tie them together.
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08-17-2008, 06:58 PM | #7 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
The coils are connected to the solenoid with a z shaped 3/4 x1/8 steel bar. the bar burnt into at the solenoid. I took a 1/2 copper tubing, beat it flat bent it to shape and drilled holes to match the steel bar. Was this bar steel to increase resistance?
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08-17-2008, 07:03 PM | #8 |
nimda
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
A resistor coil is made of a special material. I can't think of the name but it's not steel or copper. It acts just like it's name implies. A "Resistor".
If you just connected the solenoid to the resistor all you did was make a connection, you didn't interfere with the way the resistors work. |
08-17-2008, 08:25 PM | #9 |
The Last Moja Morani
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
remember all resistor coils are not the same, they are didderent thickness, different # of coils or wraps.........a coild from a 48 volt regan cart won,t work as its entirely different........1st speed is thin with 7 or 9 coils, 2nd speed is thicker with 5 or 7 coils......and so on...........................
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08-18-2008, 06:30 PM | #10 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Club Car runs slow in reverse
I changed the cart from 18v to 36v in reverse as ScottyB suggested. It works fine. Sorry for the time between posts, my bride don't like clutter so I have the cart at my shop and the internet is @ home or my office. Thanks to everyone for the info and help.
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