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How to Get Your Golf Cart Ready to Roll for Spring
How to Get Your Golf Cart Ready to Roll for Spring
Whether you primarily use your cart on the golf course or just to cruise around your community, here are some informative steps to make sure your golf cart is in tip-top shape and good mechanical condition for those spring and summer driving adventures.
DIY Spring Maintenance Tips for Electric Golf Carts:
- 1.Clean Your Cart: Roll that dusty cart out of your garage and give it a good rinse. Don’t be afraid to spray the batteries, just be mindful of the electronics
- 2.Clean Batteries: Have a look at your battery terminals and make sure they are clean. If you have corrosion on the terminals, most maintenance/repair shops suggest just getting the terminals wet (if you haven’t already with that garden hose) then adding a bit of baking soda to the terminals. Then you can give them a good rinse, a toothbrush may also come in handy.
- 3.Check the Water Level: It is important to check the water level on your batteries before you start charging your batteries. Good advice is to open the caps and if you cannot see any water in your cells, then you must add distilled water until the water just starts to cover the cells.
- 4.Charging the Batteries: Hopefully you have been keeping your batteries charged up over the winter months, as lead-acid batteries need to be stored charged. If you have stored your batteries for a long period of time without charging them you can cause serious damage to them. If the cart won’t move and your charging won’t turn on, typically this is because your battery packs are so low that it won’t turn the charger on.
- 5.Check Your Tire Pressure: With the cart charging it is a great time to check the tire pressure and make sure they are all even and at the proper operating pressure.
- 6.Grease & Check Your Fluids: You will also want to grease any fittings and check your differential fluids at the same time.
- 7.Check Your Brakes: Next, it is a good idea to check your brakes by jacking up the rear of the cart, safely supporting it, and then removing the wheels to access your brakes. It is a great time to take some compressed air and blow out the brake dust. Then you can check the thickness of your pads.
- 8.Check Your Brake Pads: Also check the play in your brake pedal, you may need to adjust it so that you don’t have any excess play.
- 9.Tighten Your Screws & Bolts: Have a look at any visible bolts and screws ensuring that they are tight.
- 10.Check Your Battery Cables: Also be sure to check your battery cables and make sure the connections are tight. A loose connection or bad battery cable can burn up a battery post in no time.