[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by biker1

Nope. I remove and inspect it regularly. It shows no sign of wear and the width is still in spec. It doesn't slip or vibrate.

Wow, that’s got the best made belt even or?

[MrLindy]

Simple Solution: Schedule your cart in for either a Villager's Service (about $150), or a Full Service (about $250) at the Villages Golf Cars near you. They provide great service and will replace your belts, if needed, and adjust your governor to the correct speed. I highly recommend the Villages Golf Cars for service. Just had mine in for a Full Service and couldn't be more pleased.

Also, there is a monthly Golf Car Safety class, I believe every month on the 2nd Wednesday, where you'll learn great tips related to driving your cart in The Villages. Well worth your time. I hope this helps you!

[biker1]

The drive belt, and the cart in general, have exceeded my expectations for durability.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Wow, that’s got the best made belt even or?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Rocksnap

Two to three years on an OEM belt? I’d have 10,000-15,000 miles on the belt by then! Which I’m pretty sure the belt won’t last that long. I’m changing the drive belt at 2,500 miles, the starter/generator belt at 5,000 miles. Yes, I can feel a lil funny business with the main belt at 2,000 miles, belt looks fine, but I chalk that up to it perhaps starting to slip a bit.
For traveling distance, I’m full throttle 98% of the time. Same for starts and stops. I don’t baby the throttle. The clutches do the work so it really doesn’t matter how you throttle it.
Im used to CVT’s on high horsepower snowmobiles. Which is safe to say a much higher stressed application for a belt. Heat was their Achilles heal. And a properly maintained clutch.
As for our carts, I’d do a belt replacement by time or mileage. Mileage is a no brainer, every 2,500 miles. As for time, a lightly used cart belt should last for several years without issue. But for piece of mind, I’d keep an eye on it at 3-5 years.

My cart 13 years old may have 19K at most miles. I replace mine when I don’t like the performance of the belt, it’s just going to get worse. Sure I could keep using it for years but I don’t . I can remember replacing belt 4 times and generator belt once. I have two used belts in good condition in case emergency or neighbors get stranded. Carry one in my golf cart for someone that kicked burn up belt off if I come across them.

[Kevco]

Originally Posted by Nordhagen

After reading all this, I’m sure glad I have an electric cart😎

My exact thought.

[Professor]

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.

My 2011 Gas Yamaha runs 22 mph on a flat surface. I just played with the governor until I got it to that point. It runs 18-20 uphill and faster downhill, but downhill I just back off the gas and feather the brake if needed. I tried it for awhile at 20 mph on a flat surface but found I had trouble keeping up with the neighborhood golf group when we headed out together to our course. 22 seems to work well and after 15 years in The Villages I have never gotten a ticket for excess speed.

One other item of note: You can have 5 automobiles, for example, and if you check the speedometer against GPS at a steady speed, it is rare that you will get the exact same reading on the speedometer. I owned 5 at one point so I checked this out, and it was true. The difference was only +/- 2 mph, but that tells me that the speedometer reading is not always reliable.

Car Guy

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Professor

My 2011 Gas Yamaha runs 22 mph on a flat surface. I just played with the governor until I got it to that point. It runs 18-20 uphill and faster downhill, but downhill I just back off the gas and feather the brake if needed. I tried it for awhile at 20 mph on a flat surface but found I had trouble keeping up with the neighborhood golf group when we headed out together to our course. 22 seems to work well and after 15 years in The Villages I have never gotten a ticket for excess speed.

One other item of note: You can have 5 automobiles, for example, and if you check the speedometer against GPS at a steady speed, it is rare that you will get the exact same reading on the speedometer. I owned 5 at one point so I checked this out, and it was true. The difference was only +/- 2 mph, but that tells me that the speedometer reading is not always reliable.

Car Guy

That’s exactly how my 2014 Yamaha is set. Both your 2011, and my 2014, are not Drive2 Quiet Techs, so they can’t be compared to Yamaha QT’s from 2017 to present as far as hill climbing ability. The QT’s have a less powerful engine as part of the redesign to make them run quieter. Even with a stiffer secondary spring and heavy duty drive belt modification, our 2022 QT still lags going over the golf cart bridge into the historic section more than the 2014.

[TheOne&Only]

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.

Normal....don't worry about it. Turn it back up so you have the power you need and get a speedometer and just don't drive over 20mph and you will be fine.

[darkim]

Yes ... you'll enjoy driving your golf cart more in The Villages if you have the governor set for 25mph and control your speed on flat roads. This will help give you more speed while climbing bridges

[Teed_Off]

Looks like you’ll get wet when it rains 🌧️😁

[KennyP]

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.

The Cables are not adjusted right.
Going down hill, even with the pedal floored the car is going to maintain governed speed. The governor takes over and closes the throttle whether you like it or not. Chances are really good the cables are mis adjusted.

[KennyP]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

If cart governed at 20MPH it won’t climb steep grade maintaining 20MPH due to throttle not in wide open.


Gravity going down hill the throttle pulled back by governor, so it basically free wheeling, only thing slow down is braking.

Thats incorrect, when its climbing a hill carburetor/Throttle body, is wide open giving everything it has.

The car is also not freewheeling down hill, the clutches, although somewhat disengaged and hold ing the car from just going down hill willy nilly.