10-30-2018, 12:56 PM | #1391 |
Getting Wild
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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Ok, so Im done with my steering upgrade on my 2003 TXT lifted cart with OEM EZGO drop spindles. This is an upgrade from the stock 7/16 tie rods to 1/2 tie rods (heavy duty and longer lasting). I decided to do this upgrade with parts that can be bought online (in my case, SPEEDWAY MOTORS). If you were wondering about cost, the upgrade SPEEDWAY tie rod assembly I built was cheaper than a OEM EZGO tie rod assembly: Speedway Motors: $58 Genuine EZGO: $80 Story: Since I did my lift, the stock EZGO tie rods and tie rod bar hit the front leaf spring bolts under the weldment. So the first thing I did was to put shorter grade 8 bolts/nuts at all 6 leaf spring holes. After that, my temporary fix was 7/16 coupling nuts and a couple of 7/16 short bolts (see picture for image). Well that worked for a while, but since it dropped down angle was so low it was wearing the tie rods in there ball seat (these are 5 month old EZGO tie rods too). Parts Description and (Part Number): -22 long steel swedged 1/2 tube (910-34212-22) -1/2 Heim Joint Male Left Hand Thread (175-0305) -1/2 Heim Joint Male Right Hand Thread (175-0105) -6 pack 1/2 steel cone spacers (546-4107) -6 pack Heim dust seals (910-01503) -6 pack Left Hand Thread steel 1/2 Jam Nuts (175-6045-LH) -6 pack Right Hand Thread steel 1/2 Jam Nuts (175-6045-RH) -2 grade 8 bolts (1/2 hex bolt 3 long) HomeDepot -2 grade 8 serrated hex flange nuts (1/2) HomeDepot -2 spacers 1/2 tall with 1/2 ID total (I used 4 thick washers on each side, 8 total)(HomeDepot) I ordered 1 wide , 1/2 tall, 1/2 ID stainless steels spacers which will replace these 8 washers when they arrive. ****FYI, you will have a few extra parts left over at the end**** ***I take no responsibility for your actions, so this is for information purposes that worked for me, if you dont feel comfortable doing this, take it to a mechanic*** Directions: 1) remove stock tie rod assembly from cart (IMPORTANT NOTE: try not to move the wheels at this point since it is pretty much in alignment from the start) 2) use a 1/2 drill bit and drill out the 7/16 tie hole in both spindles 3) assemble Heim joint tie rods/jam nuts to swedged 22 bar (remember there are LEFT hand and RIGHT hand threads on these parts) 4) thread jam nuts all the way to the base of the Heim joints, thread Heim joints all the way into the swedged tube 5) test fit this assembly and back OUT each Heim joint in equal amounts of turns until approximate distance is set (for my cart, the EXACT measurement from the center of the drivers side spindle hole to passenger side spindle hole was 25) *YOURS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT* Make sure both Heim joints stay INLINE with each other along an imaginary line from left to right. 6) assemble connecting 1/2 grade 8 bolts in this order from bottom of Heim joint to the top of spindle: Bolt/cone washer/Heim seal/Heim joint/Heim seal/cone washer/(1/2) spacer or 4 thick washers=(1/2)/cone washer/spindle/serrated flanged nut 7) bolt up tie rod assembly and tighten down flange nuts, leave jam nuts loose align front wheels with the rear wheels by either turning the swedged bar by hand either left or right to push wheels out or to pull wheels in. This will get you a close alignment. If you chose, you can take cart to professional to do do your alignment. 9) tighten up jam nuts on each side against the swedge tube 10) if steering wheel is not centered at this time, you can correct it were the steering shaft attaches to the rack and pinion, or remove the steering wheel retaining bolt and recenter steering wheel on the splines, re tighten steering wheel bolt or steering shaft bolts. ***you can use some LocTite on the 1/2 bolts threads if you want*** I hope you enjoyed this heavy duty steering modification, and I will post a lot of pictures in the following posts. Please give me a few minutes to upload all the pictures before responding or commenting. Thanks, CPS |
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11-01-2018, 04:42 PM | #1392 |
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99 TXT Brake Install, are these springs correct?
99 TXT Brake Install, are these springs correct?
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...s-correct.html http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...tallation.html |
11-02-2018, 11:38 AM | #1393 |
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Re: 2003 ezgo txt 36v charging at 50v??
FWIW: The voltage range listed on Trojan's FLA charging profile is from 2.45VPC to 2.79VPC so:
36V pack = 44.1V to 50.22V 42V pack = 51.345V to 58.59V 48V pack = 58.8V to 66.96V |
11-06-2018, 04:00 PM | #1394 |
Crazy Ole Man
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Owego NY
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Re: Rack and Pinion
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/road-...ml#post1557242
It is mounted to the frame with the control arm hanging over the suspension to be controlled. It's connected with an adjustable length rod to the A- frame - when properly adjusted the suspension rises to the predetermined height. Air lines should be the same size all the way throughout your system. I would suggest at least 1/4" diameter plastic air line and as few fittings as possible. This creates fast reaction time in the way the system operates. The lay out in the pictures shows basic ideas needed to mount the height control valve. |
11-06-2018, 09:02 PM | #1395 | |
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Re: Safest / Best way to wash carts
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...ash-carts.html
I'm not saying it's ok to do this. But look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD7N4BAaZy0 __________________________________________________ __________ EZGO MARATHON Quote:
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11-06-2018, 11:08 PM | #1396 |
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11-07-2018, 09:05 AM | #1397 |
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11-09-2018, 09:46 AM | #1398 |
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Monroe Shock Mounting and Length Specs pdf file
Monroe Spec. Sheet: http://www.monroe.com/downloads/inst...ifications.pdf Gabriel as well. http://gabriel.com/wp-content/upload...ting_Codes.pdf |
11-10-2018, 12:23 PM | #1399 |
Gone Wild
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Re: WTB Ezgo pds controller
If you have a core I will repair it for you. No charge except for shipping.
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11-13-2018, 06:45 AM | #1400 |
Gone Wild
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Re: EnerSys Genesis XE70X?
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...s-xe70x-2.html
Would these work? Copper 2/0 Gauge 1/4" Ring Terminal - 5 Pack https://www.ebay.com/itm/Install-Bay-CUR2014-Non-Insulated-Copper-2-0-Gauge-1-4-Ring-Terminal-5-Pack/372469415764?hash=item56b8e83f54:g:jkUAAOSwv5xbwi5 9:sc:USPSFirstClass!14454!US!-1 |