Testing an electric golf cart motor

This is to bypass the speed controller to diagnose if a cart has a good motor.

[screensavers]

Great video- helped me test my 18v Club Car IQ motor. Thanks so much!

[kaptkrunchfpv]

Thanks! I have a motor in a txt that may or may not be stuck, this tells me how to test it. Thanks!

[daniellutz]

When testing the motor I guess you have to have the cart jacked up and the brakes off?

[greggjarvis]

Can you please show the world how to weld that way?

[DaveBurnett]

My motor says 24 volt and I hooked my 12 volt battery to it with jumper cables and the wheel turned. Is that a proper test?

[jerryinterval]

hi. 1996 ez go 36 volts. reverse beeper works headlamps work but nothing happens when i push accelerator

[iamsmilingbear]

If I disable the OBC or On Board Computer
on my 2006 Club Car Precedent, can I use a
LINKS Series charger EPS by Lester Electric
to charge my cart?

[sammiesantiago]

And how would you make wheels spin other direction? So you just change connections on motor?

[jasonkenney]

Does my 1988 ezgo have a reset button on the motor

[mastercrafterproductreviews]

Where would you go for the best place to purchase and exchange or have rebuilt a Solid State Speed Control System?

[btomas]

Umm, this guy's testing a "shunt" DC motor. A "series" DC motor hookup would be completely different. Be careful. How you can tell which one you have is that a shunt motor will have an F1 and F2 terminal. Those are the field terminals. A series motor uses the prefix "S' so it will have a "S1 and S2" series terminals.
Additionally, this is a fast test just to see if the motor is functioning at some level, however, the wheels are not on the ground so therefore the motor's not loaded.
You can have a bad/intermittent brush (there are four brushes on the armature) and not know it.
It will show up later however when you have a full pack attached and the cart wheels are on the ground. The cart will have no torque and may not move at all. If you push the cart or let it roll downhill while stepping on the accelerator the motor may startup and drive the cart. When you stop the cart however, it will revert back to the same symptom.
The reason for this I don't wish to get into now but trust me it indicates a bad motor necessitating removal from the cart and brush replacement. Brushes can be had on amazon.

[timfreese]

Can I test my 36 volt cart motor with a 6 volt charger like you did on the 12 volt system. Very important to me - dont know if my old cart is worth getting new batterys- would like too. I not sure what iI am doing.

[marvvanhorn]

I have a 1986 & up EZGO 36 volt cart that when you press on the throttle it goes to full speed no regulation.

[liseramsay]

How do you tie the terminals together and test it with a 12v battery? I have the motor out of the cart.

[whitneyblanchard]

I have a 48 volt star car. will that work with it. Is the motor 12 volts on all carts. This is my daughter email as you is I'm no to good on this. Thanks

[michaelcarr]

worked for me ..But are both wheels supposed to spin?

[craphittingthefan]

I take it don't mater witch way you hook up power it will just spin opposite direction?

[timfreese]

how do I test a 6 volter without batterys I have a 6 and a12 volt charger- does know if its worth buying batterys.

[robertmorrison]

took my ezgo to a repair shop they told me i needed a new motor, i put a new motor it it i also put a new solenoid, new battery wire ends and it still does the same thing. It just clicks at the solenoid . same thing it did before i did anything.

[joemoneytaker]

Hi, I'm hoping that you can help me out. I bought a 2001 electric club car but it only came with 1 battery. Is it possible to hook that 1 battery up to see if the motor works or will it not work at all? I just want to make sure all is well before I go spending big bucks on batteries. Thanks