Free 1989 Club Car

katoranger · 11-01-2014, 09:13 PM

Last night we took the kids trick or treating and one house had a golf car on a trailer with a bunch of trash.

I asked and got it for free. Needs alittle work. I got all the batteries. Good for the scrap value. He said it was rolled over a few years ago.

My plan is to install a gas engine and use it in the yard.

SpudRider · 11-01-2014, 10:19 PM

More fun for the kids!

Weldangrind · 11-02-2014, 10:54 PM

The battery value alone will bring happiness. So, you don't care to keep it electric?

katoranger · 11-03-2014, 11:59 AM

I don't want to deal with the batteries and not knowing the condition of the electrical parts. Batteries are expensive.

One thought I had is to use a gy6 engine with reverse. The output shaft can run a chain to the input shaft of the differential. Will take the electric motor off. My other option is to install a GX Honda clone engine. Both of these are less expensive than the new batteries. I can sell the motor, controller etc. The old batteries are probably worth $50-75 in scrap.

I think we will put a dump bed on it.

Also possible to make it hydraulic drive. I have a 14hp kohler with a put and motors from the jacobsen machines. Motors go forward and reverse. Direct drive the input on the differential with that. Dumpster parts.

SpudRider · 11-03-2014, 12:58 PM

This sounds like another fun project.

Weldangrind · 11-03-2014, 07:15 PM

Hydraulic drive! Do it!

katoranger · 11-03-2014, 07:34 PM

I have everything to make it hydraulic drive. My only concern is that is may be too slow. I think the golf car rear end is about 12:1. The drive motors I have are designed for direct drive on golf car sized wheels. I only need one motor to drive this so I think that I may be able to increase the flow to get more speed. I may just need a faster motor with less torque.

I can also install larger diameter rear wheels to increase ground speed.

Hydraulic drive and we can also put the snow plow on the front.

katoranger · 11-03-2014, 07:36 PM

I have to more some things out of the shop so that I can back the trailer in and use the shop crane to unload it. Then we can start the design process.

Weldangrind · 11-04-2014, 10:14 AM

Can you attach a sprocket to the rear end, and connect the hydraulic drive with a chain? If so, you could compensate for that very low rear gear.

katoranger · 11-05-2014, 05:19 PM

Weld, I was thinking about that. We should be able to install a large gear on the motor. These mowers don't go very fast.

Weldangrind · 11-05-2014, 10:39 PM

Do you think #40 would handle it?

katoranger · 11-06-2014, 12:45 PM

I think so. #40 or #50 is easily found at the farm store along with a selection of sprockets.

Weldangrind · 11-06-2014, 09:28 PM

Do they have a good selection of weld-on hubs? Do you think they'll have a hub ID that will fit the shaft?

katoranger · 11-07-2014, 08:51 AM

We have lots of farm stores to pick from. The store in Independence has alot of sprockets. Tomorrow I hope to move it into the shop. I need to move some things out and clean.

katoranger · 11-09-2014, 07:49 PM

We unloaded it into the shop using the Ford tractor and the shop crane.

Remove the motor and it has a shaft with 10 splines. About 3/4 diameter. I need to measure it. Has 10 splines.

11-01-2014, 10:19 PM	#2
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	More fun for the kids! __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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11-02-2014, 10:54 PM	#3
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	The battery value alone will bring happiness. So, you don't care to keep it electric? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-03-2014, 07:15 PM	#6
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Hydraulic drive! Do it! __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-03-2014, 07:34 PM	#7
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I have everything to make it hydraulic drive. My only concern is that is may be too slow. I think the golf car rear end is about 12:1. The drive motors I have are designed for direct drive on golf car sized wheels. I only need one motor to drive this so I think that I may be able to increase the flow to get more speed. I may just need a faster motor with less torque. I can also install larger diameter rear wheels to increase ground speed. Hydraulic drive and we can also put the snow plow on the front. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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11-03-2014, 07:36 PM	#8
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I have to more some things out of the shop so that I can back the trailer in and use the shop crane to unload it. Then we can start the design process. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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11-03-2014, 11:59 AM	#4
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I don't want to deal with the batteries and not knowing the condition of the electrical parts. Batteries are expensive. One thought I had is to use a gy6 engine with reverse. The output shaft can run a chain to the input shaft of the differential. Will take the electric motor off. My other option is to install a GX Honda clone engine. Both of these are less expensive than the new batteries. I can sell the motor, controller etc. The old batteries are probably worth $50-75 in scrap. I think we will put a dump bed on it. Also possible to make it hydraulic drive. I have a 14hp kohler with a put and motors from the jacobsen machines. Motors go forward and reverse. Direct drive the input on the differential with that. Dumpster parts. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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11-03-2014, 12:58 PM	#5
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	This sounds like another fun project. __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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11-04-2014, 10:14 AM	#9
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Can you attach a sprocket to the rear end, and connect the hydraulic drive with a chain? If so, you could compensate for that very low rear gear. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-05-2014, 05:19 PM	#10
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Weld, I was thinking about that. We should be able to install a large gear on the motor. These mowers don't go very fast. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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11-05-2014, 10:39 PM	#11
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Do you think #40 would handle it? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-06-2014, 12:45 PM	#12
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I think so. #40 or #50 is easily found at the farm store along with a selection of sprockets. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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11-06-2014, 09:28 PM	#13
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Do they have a good selection of weld-on hubs? Do you think they'll have a hub ID that will fit the shaft? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-07-2014, 08:51 AM	#14
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	We have lots of farm stores to pick from. The store in Independence has alot of sprockets. Tomorrow I hope to move it into the shop. I need to move some things out and clean. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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