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Originally Posted by tjdmlhw
This is a question for those of you who have gas powered golf carts that are set to go over the legal 20 mph limit. Our cart was capable of doing up to 25 mph on a flat roadway, so we decided to have the governor set to 20 mph. But the cart now will only go about 16 going up hills. Is this what the rest of you are experiencing with your 20 mph carts?
Another issue is going down those same hills, it is almost impossible to keep it from going over 25 (if I give it half throttle, it will easily go up to 30), which by definition makes it an illegal vehicle. Our mechanic says there is nothing he can do about this.
I would just like to know if this is normal for a golf cart.
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The OEM spring in the secondary clutch of gas Yamahas is optimized for golf course usage, without high speed gears. Yamaha’s Personal Transportation Vehicle line of golf carts (the carts used in the Villages) have high speed gears, allowing them to travel at 20 MPH without stressing the engine, but still come with the softer secondary clutch spring found in their line of Fleet Carts. An easy fix is to swap out the spring in the secondary clutch with a stiffer spring and replace the OEM drive belt with a heavy duty belt (G Boost and Kingzilla both make excellent belts). The fix doesn’t increase speed, just torque, which helps with hill climbing. I swapped out the secondary clutch spring in our Quiet Tech last winter, with a green spring from power equipment man .com, and have noticed a significant improvement in hill climbing.