This fixed our hill problem. You saved me from upgrading the whole system. What would we do without CZcams and ppl making shit simple. Thanks bud your a life saver
Thank you so much for the video, I was so lost on what to try next until I tried your fix!! I unhook the small wires and tape them off and just bolted the two larger white wires together and tape them up in case I wanted to order a replacement solenoid in the future and wow what a difference it made!!! Car has so much power now and will fly up hills
My resistor was getting so hot and glowing like I had an orange light under my cart on even small hills. Everyone one else on the web says bad batteries but I have new Trojans. This took about 5 min and worked like a charm. I was going to replace the solenoid, didn’t know I could bypass it. You saved me a lot of time and money. Great fix! Thank you!
Thank you Mike, I have been having this issue on my 98 DS, and I have been combing internet for advice on a resolution. Bought new batteries, which we needed anyway, and had a solenoid and speed sensor in my Amazon cart when I read this. I did it exactly as you describe in video and it worked like a charm. I did "save for later" the parts on Amazon, but it seems like this will resolve several issues I have been having and they won't be needed. Thanks again sir!
Just did this to my cart that had the slow problem....worked like a charm. The only thing I did different was I connected the two heavy white wires together on one of the screws on the solenoid thereby bypassing the solenoid (then you don't have to do anything to the wires on the motor)and didn't bother disconnecting the speed sensor...this will allow me to easily re- connect if I have to if I decide to buy the parts later to put it back into the original configuration.... Thanks for the video . Shaun
I have a club car 48volt and I was going up levee, midway cart stopped suddenly. Thought I ran over/ into something.. change the f/r button and box on peddle still nothing… any ideas?? Any help would be appreciated!!
Make sure and use 2 wrenches on your motor terminal on your big white wire , one wrench on nut closest to motor and on wrench on the nut holding the big white wire on, otherwise it will spin internally inside your motor 👌
What color are you painted now? Great info. We are chasing down our uphill issues. Wouldnt you replace the battery solenoid?? Going under the seat now.
I have a DS 2003 (but seems to be a 2002 design) and it is slow up hills, will any of what you show here apply with the white line? I know I can do the speed sensor and check the gas pedal pot.
Do you know what speed sensor this uses because we have one exactly the same as this and I can't find a replacement speed sensor. All of the ones online look quite a bit different Thanks
Gosh I can't remember I ordered the wrong one the first time but got lucky on the second speed sensor, on this model you will go faster just unplugging it so it's unregulated , it's only like a 1mph difference top speed also the pedal start felt lots stronger with the speed sensor unplugged.
I checked my golf cart, 1984 club car, it has that spring but it seems to be bigger than yours, and looks to have 4-5 solenoids, and the wire is connected from the left to the right solenoid, as Far as the wiring goes, how does that work?
Hey yours is the older model that uses those for speeds . .this won't work for you but I'm sure your problem is where your looking on those solenoids somewhere, goodluck
Aroundthe 40 sec mark you pointed and said "speed sensor on the side of the motor" I didn't see that. My set b up looks like yours but I have no speed sensor. I don't see one in your video, where is it?
It's just called a brake solenoid , it's for when every time you release the gas pedal it electrically brakes your motor for that nice safe cruise on a golf course, it's unneeded for 98 percent of people
Hey yeah it's still good to go , that brake solenoid is to slow it down when you let off the gas pedal you don't need that brake solenoid, you can just unhook the big white wire on solenoid and bolt it over to the big one next to it on the solenoid . .3 second fix compared to removing the extra white wire like I did
@@machughes3369 Great to hear it hasn't caused any issues. I'm looking forward to checking out my cart to see if it has the same parts. It's been a good cart, but I get nervous that it'll die trying to get up the big hill on the way back home. Sure hope it's got the same brake solenoid & big white wire as yours. Thanks for sharing your cure with us.
Good question , I guess because it is problem prone , doesn't cost anything , also you don't have that hot spring sucking the juice whenever you let off the gas pedal, it's made to electricaly slow down every time you let off the gas
Won't this overheat the electric motor. Because it's meant to take the heat off the motor that's why it doesn't throw 12v to the motor the motor only reserves about 8-9 volts.
My guess is that it's meant to reduce shock to the motor: the motor runs with reduced voltage for a second or so through the resistor coil and then the solenoid engages effectively shorts out the coil.
No this has nothing to do with protecting the motor . .it probably strains it more, this is a brake solenoid so when your on the golf course and you let off the gas the solenoid kicks in and it slows the motor down electricaly like your mashing the brake . .this is a safety option feature for the best safety ride on the golf course
@@travismcpherson9847 If the motor is designed to run at 36 volts, then no. If the motor is (say) a 30V motor and the resistor coil is meant to limit the battery pack voltage, then yes. Check the motor for voltage requirement.
Hey no it won't affect motor life , this is the brake solenoid that powers your motor down when you let off the gas pedal, your motor will probably thankyou for less strain
Powering your motor down by slowing the motor down slower using electrical current , if you do this - when you let off the gas it will cost like in neural untill you mash the brake of course LOL
This fixed our hill problem. You saved me from upgrading the whole system. What would we do without CZcams and ppl making shit simple. Thanks bud your a life saver
Thanks Mike, this was the fix I was looking for.
I have been chasing my tail for over a year and now my cart is running better than ever.
Great to hear!
I threw up 3 times from motion sickness but I get the jist of your video, thanks!
Thank you so much for the video, I was so lost on what to try next until I tried your fix!! I unhook the small wires and tape them off and just bolted the two larger white wires together and tape them up in case I wanted to order a replacement solenoid in the future and wow what a difference it made!!! Car has so much power now and will fly up hills
Excellent!
My resistor was getting so hot and glowing like I had an orange light under my cart on even small hills. Everyone one else on the web says bad batteries but I have new Trojans. This took about 5 min and worked like a charm. I was going to replace the solenoid, didn’t know I could bypass it. You saved me a lot of time and money. Great fix! Thank you!
Awesome! 👌
Thank you Mike, I have been having this issue on my 98 DS, and I have been combing internet for advice on a resolution. Bought new batteries, which we needed anyway, and had a solenoid and speed sensor in my Amazon cart when I read this. I did it exactly as you describe in video and it worked like a charm. I did "save for later" the parts on Amazon, but it seems like this will resolve several issues I have been having and they won't be needed. Thanks again sir!
Great to hear!
20 minute fix! Works great now.
Thanks for the info.
This fixed my cart !! Thanks a ton for the video
Just did this to my cart that had the slow problem....worked like a charm. The only thing I did different was I connected the two heavy white wires together on one of the screws on the solenoid thereby bypassing the solenoid (then you don't have to do anything to the wires on the motor)and didn't bother disconnecting the speed sensor...this will allow me to easily re- connect if I have to if I decide to buy the parts later to put it back into the original configuration.... Thanks for the video . Shaun
Well your way is much faster LOL! :)
More leaks in connection, more fire hazard. I've seen them burn it all down. Careful
Mine does that but I don’t see that resistor.
just what I wanted to fix,thanks for video and explanation was super
Awesome, I'm going to try this out tomorrow! Thanks
Great video and information.
Awesome video did it to my car is to my cart and it works great
I want to thank you for saving me a bunch of $
My 97 club car had the exact same problem
Awesome! 👍
How fast does your 97 go now?
Thanks for your help
Thank you buddy good info
Thanks for video
Outstanding!!!! Like new!!!!
Right on!! 👋
I have a club car 48volt and I was going up levee, midway cart stopped suddenly. Thought I ran over/ into something.. change the f/r button and box on peddle still nothing… any ideas?? Any help would be appreciated!!
Thank you
Gonna try this tomorrow
Make sure and use 2 wrenches on your motor terminal on your big white wire , one wrench on nut closest to motor and on wrench on the nut holding the big white wire on, otherwise it will spin internally inside your motor 👌
Thanks, now if I can get a guy to work on it
What color are you painted now?
Great info. We are chasing down our uphill issues. Wouldnt you replace the battery solenoid??
Going under the seat now.
I did it a grey with green hue, with a single stage enamel with hardner added
I have a DS 2003 (but seems to be a 2002 design) and it is slow up hills, will any of what you show here apply with the white line? I know I can do the speed sensor and check the gas pedal pot.
I'm not sure karl , it might be a solenoid of some sort , but I'm not familiar with that model
Hey Mike, did you isolate the 2 small wires, the ones in the tape, or hook them together? Thanks
Yes sir I isolated them , don't tie them together.
Do you know what speed sensor this uses because we have one exactly the same as this and I can't find a replacement speed sensor. All of the ones online look quite a bit different
Thanks
Gosh I can't remember I ordered the wrong one the first time but got lucky on the second speed sensor, on this model you will go faster just unplugging it so it's unregulated , it's only like a 1mph difference top speed also the pedal start felt lots stronger with the speed sensor unplugged.
Will this work on a 98 txt as well?
I checked my golf cart, 1984 club car, it has that spring but it seems to be bigger than yours, and looks to have 4-5 solenoids, and the wire is connected from the left to the right solenoid, as Far as the wiring goes, how does that work?
Hey yours is the older model that uses those for speeds . .this won't work for you but I'm sure your problem is where your looking on those solenoids somewhere, goodluck
@@machughes3369 yup, found that out the hard way… I about blew up… literally….
Aroundthe 40 sec mark you pointed and said "speed sensor on the side of the motor"
I didn't see that. My set b up looks like yours but I have no speed sensor. I don't see one in your video, where is it?
Hey It's on the side of the motor behind the right wheel well
Brake solenoid??? I have asolenoid for the bat6tery stuff didnt know the brakes have one.
It's just called a brake solenoid , it's for when every time you release the gas pedal it electrically brakes your motor for that nice safe cruise on a golf course, it's unneeded for 98 percent of people
So do you lose the ability to ride slow? Going like this would go from zero to hero regardless of how much the throttle is pressed right?
Idk but im trying to find out
Yeah this fixed the slow up hill
Sorry , no you won't go full blast on pedal start, it will have regular function as it would
Now you don't have regenerative breaking, just replace the solenoid for 35 dollars and do it right.
Did you cart buck on hills - slow down and buck. - seems decent going down hills.
Sounds like you need new batteries
@@brada8217 Or a bad motor.
Look for video about cleaning your motor. They can get gummed up.
Will this work on a 2008 club 36 volt ?
I don't believe so because this is a regen model with the electric braking
You sure it's a 36 volt ,club car didn't make the 36 volt after 03 or 04
@@herbertwall2379 it’s a 1997 ezgo txt
It's been about 1.5 years since you posted this video. Can you give an update about how it's been working?
Hey yeah it's still good to go , that brake solenoid is to slow it down when you let off the gas pedal you don't need that brake solenoid, you can just unhook the big white wire on solenoid and bolt it over to the big one next to it on the solenoid . .3 second fix compared to removing the extra white wire like I did
@@machughes3369 Great to hear it hasn't caused any issues. I'm looking forward to checking out my cart to see if it has the same parts. It's been a good cart, but I get nervous that it'll die trying to get up the big hill on the way back home. Sure hope it's got the same brake solenoid & big white wire as yours.
Thanks for sharing your cure with us.
@@machughes3369 Do you still need to unhook the small wires on the solenoid, if you bolt the white wire to the one next to it? Thanks,
@@jamesdeeney3279 no you do not. Take the left white and bring it to the right side overlapping the other white
Hi Mike would you like cooperate with us
I’ll that work on and old we Yamaha cart
why not replace the solenoid?
Good question , I guess because it is problem prone , doesn't cost anything , also you don't have that hot spring sucking the juice whenever you let off the gas pedal, it's made to electricaly slow down every time you let off the gas
Can anyone please help me to this to my 1991 36 volt electric club car please please message me
Won't this overheat the electric motor. Because it's meant to take the heat off the motor that's why it doesn't throw 12v to the motor the motor only reserves about 8-9 volts.
My guess is that it's meant to reduce shock to the motor: the motor runs with reduced voltage for a second or so through the resistor coil and then the solenoid engages effectively shorts out the coil.
No this has nothing to do with protecting the motor . .it probably strains it more, this is a brake solenoid so when your on the golf course and you let off the gas the solenoid kicks in and it slows the motor down electricaly like your mashing the brake . .this is a safety option feature for the best safety ride on the golf course
How did this affect your battery life?
How does it effect the motor life seems like it would overheat it 🤔
@@travismcpherson9847 If the motor is designed to run at 36 volts, then no. If the motor is (say) a 30V motor and the resistor coil is meant to limit the battery pack voltage, then yes. Check the motor for voltage requirement.
Hey no it won't affect motor life , this is the brake solenoid that powers your motor down when you let off the gas pedal, your motor will probably thankyou for less strain
Powering your motor down by slowing the motor down slower using electrical current , if you do this - when you let off the gas it will cost like in neural untill you mash the brake of course LOL
No one can fix my problem... 2011 - not only studders uphill, but also like every other time i push the pedal it starts jumping kinda
Sounds like it could be speed sensor. If that’s not the issue definitely speed controller
@@abelespinoza9938 thanks man i sold it though
@@abelespinoza9938 Sounds like the potentiometer (MCOR)