Broken down golf cart

[Yvetteperry]

Good morning, All. On Friday morning at roughly 11:30 a.m. as I was driving in the golf cart path along Morse Boulevard almost at the O’Dell Circle roundabout near Havana Country Club my golf cart just suddenly stopped running and would not move. I called my husband to see if he could meet me. Unfortunately he was on his way back from Eustis and wouldn’t be here for about 25 minutes. I sat in my golf cart for about 20 minutes watching golf cart after golf cart either go around or come towards me without ever inquiring if I needed help. Finally after about 20 minutes a gentleman came alongside of me and asked if I needed help. I i asked if he could help me push my golf cart off the path into the grassy section on the left so I would be out of the way. He moved my cart and asked if I was ok. I thanked him over and over for stopping. As he got in his golf cart to leave he said, see, New Yorkers aren’t all bad. I sadly did not get his name, but, sir, I will say thank you again for stopping to help me!! This post is not to complain but to say, please, drivers, if you see a cart stopped along a path, just make an inquiry to see if that person needs help. I have done that many times if I see someone stopped. Thank you

[MrFlorida]

Get Kart Aid and you won't have to worry.

[villagetinker]

I have stopped many times, only once was someone having trouble, and they already had someone on the way. Every time the person thanked me for stopping. Just out of curiosity what was wrong with the cart?

[Yvetteperry]

Get Kart Aid and you won't have to worry.
I have a golf cart tow service. My main concern was getting off the golf cart path. The tow service came after the gentleman stopped and my husband met me

[Yvetteperry]

I have a golf cart tow service. My main concern was getting off the golf cart path. The tow service came after the gentleman stopped and my husband met me
Thank you for responding. I still don’t know. I heard a bang and it just stopped. I had 3/4 of a tank of gas so it wasn’t that. Hoping it isn’t anything major.

[Arctic Fox]

I sat in my golf cart for about 20 minutes watching golf cart after golf cart either go around or come towards me without ever inquiring if I needed help.

I don't wish to be critical, but wouldn't trying to flag down a passing golf cart have been more productive than just sitting in your cart?

[JGibson]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Being a little assertive in this situation would’ve helped.

Sounds like you're trying to paint TV residents in a negative light.

[Doro22]

One time I stopped to put down my curtains as it had begun to sprinkle & a guy stopped to help. Another time when we first moved here we stopped to check a map & several people stopped and asked if they could help.

[Topspinmo]

Thank you for responding. I still don’t know. I heard a bang and it just stopped. I had 3/4 of a tank of gas so it wasn’t that. Hoping it isn’t anything major.

Didn’t see oil puddle after it was moved?

Then I’ll guess say battery especially if cart was dead? If you raised the seat should seen something? A Lady about 5 years ago was driving old electric cart and the batteries exploded knocking her out of seat, cart hit curb and turned over.

you’re gas cart only has one battery.

Second guess say secondary clutch? I had similar experience except the cart just slowed down and labored. I was close enough to home and limping it in. Found the secondary clutch was hotter than firecracker. And came apart. But even if secondary clutch came apart the primary clutch would release the transaxle from the engine. Which means the engine would idle but not go anywhere?

[photo1902]

I don't wish to be critical, but wouldn't trying to flag down a passing golf cart have been more productive than just sitting in your cart?

That would’ve made much more sense

[Yvetteperry]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Being a little assertive in this situation would’ve helped.

Sounds like you're trying to paint TV residents in a negative light.
As I said in my post , it was not a complaint. I just asked if someone is parked idle in a golf cart lane or off to the side to just ask if that person needs help. Nothing to do with painting anyone in a bad light. Just a courtesy.

[Bogie Shooter]

This is unusual, most of the time it’s too many stopping to help.

[photo1902]

This is unusual, most of the time it’s too many stopping to help.

Exactly. You pull over to answer a text or a call, and people have to stop and check on you.

[JoMar]

If your husband was in Eustis, why didn't you call the tow service and have them take you and your cart home?

[Anne Cink]

One time I stopped to put down my curtains as it had begun to sprinkle & a guy stopped to help. Another time when we first moved here we stopped to check a map & several people stopped and asked if they could help.
I've stopped many times to check on people. If I see them pulled over looking at a map, I make sure to stop. Many times, they are new to The Villages, and have no idea where they are. They need help getting oriented. There are also times when the person says they have help on the way. Still, no harm in checking on them. I've seem others stop to help many times.

[Yvetteperry]

I did. My husband came before the tow truck got there

[jedalton]

I carry a tow rope for situations just like that.

[Ken D.]

I have stopped many times, only once was someone having trouble, and they already had someone on the way. Every time the person thanked me for stopping. Just out of curiosity what was wrong with the cart?

My guess it was the cable for the gas snapping. Tiny thin cable that runs under the floor to the carburetor.

[Singerlady]

Sounds like what happened to me. It was the drive belt that snapped. That was the big booming sound.

[Rodneysblue]

I’m always asking, I carry a little tool kit a tow strap just in case.

[Bogie Shooter]

If your husband was in Eustis, why didn't you call the tow service and have them take you and your cart home?

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[G.R.I.T.S.]

Didn’t see oil puddle after it was moved?

Then I’ll guess say battery especially if cart was dead? If you raised the seat should seen something? A Lady about 5 years ago was driving old electric cart and the batteries exploded knocking her out of seat, cart hit curb and turned over.

you’re gas cart only has one battery.

Second guess say secondary clutch? I had similar experience except the cart just slowed down and labored. I was close enough to home and limping it in. Found the secondary clutch was hotter than firecracker. And came apart. But even if secondary clutch came apart the primary clutch would release the transaxle from the engine. Which means the engine would idle but not go anywhere?

Bingo on the secondary clutch. Same for us, but it had been acting up for a while. TV Golf Carts said it was the battery. Wrong. Called Willie’s who diagnosed and repaired it.

[NoMo50]

Could have been worse. I've driven in states (not in a golf cart) where other drivers would not only have not stopped to offer help, but would have thrown you the finger as they hollered at you going by.

[Topspinmo]

Sounds like what happened to me. It was the drive belt that snapped. That was the big booming sound.

With drive belt missing the cart would still start but, not move, now it it was the starter generator belt it would not. She really didn’t explain “dead” dead like nothing happens when turn key on and press gas pedal or “dead” like engine starts but don’t move cart?

Few come back and explain what fix was anyway.

[Topspinmo]

Could have been worse. I've driven in states (not in a golf cart) where other drivers would not only have not stopped to offer help, but would have thrown you the finger as they hollered at you going by.


You like out of bubble?

[Nana2Teddy]

As I said in my post , it was not a complaint. I just asked if someone is parked idle in a golf cart lane or off to the side to just ask if that person needs help. Nothing to do with painting anyone in a bad light. Just a courtesy.
I agree! We almost always stop and ask when we see a cart stopped next to the path. Sometimes you can see they’re okay, or just talking on the phone, but we’d especially stop if it was a woman alone, or the cart was stopped right in the path. I hope you got out of the cart and stood away from it since you were at high risk of being rear ended. Hope it’s nothing too costly to fix. 🙏

[Bogie Shooter]

OP was sharing what she thought were inconsiderate folks nor stopping and offering help. I didn’t read in her post that she was asking why the cart stopped.
And yet, the amateur mechanics have started a debate as to why it stopped. And going so far as being critical of her lack of details.
Only on TOTV…………

[dougawhite]

I helped a stopped cart once. The starter belt slipped off its pully. I was able to get it back on by slowly turning the pully while guiding the belt on. Almost caught my finger. Then while removing my arms from the engine compartment I accidentally touch the muffler. Ouchie!

[tophcfa]

With drive belt missing the cart would still start but, not move, now it it was the starter generator belt it would not. She really didn’t explain “dead” dead like nothing happens when turn key on and press gas pedal or “dead” like engine starts but don’t move cart?

Few come back and explain what fix was anyway.

My first guess was the starter generator belt. It happened to me about 8+ years ago while driving our brand new club car. The mechanic that set up our cart at the Village’s Golf Cart dealership had the belt on way too tight and it snapped, making a very loud noise and the cart was dead. It happened on the MMP that parallels 466, just east of the entrance to Bridgeport at Laurel Valley. I immediately called the Village’s Golf Carts and they sent a tow service to pick it up and give me a loaner while they fixed it. I had to wait about a half hour for the tow and was overwhelmed by the number of carts that stopped asking if I needed help while I waited.

[hvac877]

Good morning, All. On Friday morning at roughly 11:30 a.m. as I was driving in the golf cart path along Morse Boulevard almost at the O’Dell Circle roundabout near Havana Country Club my golf cart just suddenly stopped running and would not move. I called my husband to see if he could meet me. Unfortunately he was on his way back from Eustis and wouldn’t be here for about 25 minutes. I sat in my golf cart for about 20 minutes watching golf cart after golf cart either go around or come towards me without ever inquiring if I needed help. Finally after about 20 minutes a gentleman came alongside of me and asked if I needed help. I i asked if he could help me push my golf cart off the path into the grassy section on the left so I would be out of the way. He moved my cart and asked if I was ok. I thanked him over and over for stopping. As he got in his golf cart to leave he said, see, New Yorkers aren’t all bad. I sadly did not get his name, but, sir, I will say thank you again for stopping to help me!! This post is not to complain but to say, please, drivers, if you see a cart stopped along a path, just make an inquiry to see if that person needs help. I have done that many times if I see someone stopped. Thank you
When we first came to the villages in 2004, the people were more friendly. That is how the villages got the name being "The Friendliest Village." It seems most Millennials have a careless attitude!!!!

[TomPerry]

Problem Solved! We got my wife’s golf cart back Monday afternoon! It was the Throttle Cable Assembly! I guess the bang she heard was the old cable snapping! Her only concern was getting off the paved golf cart path onto the grass to prevent an accident near a blind curve near the 9th green at Kenya golf course. She couldn’t push the cart herself and was afraid of an accident. Thanks for your responses.

[sjeffries]

Good morning, All. On Friday morning at roughly 11:30 a.m. as I was driving in the golf cart path along Morse Boulevard almost at the O’Dell Circle roundabout near Havana Country Club my golf cart just suddenly stopped running and would not move. I called my husband to see if he could meet me. Unfortunately he was on his way back from Eustis and wouldn’t be here for about 25 minutes. I sat in my golf cart for about 20 minutes watching golf cart after golf cart either go around or come towards me without ever inquiring if I needed help. Finally after about 20 minutes a gentleman came alongside of me and asked if I needed help. I i asked if he could help me push my golf cart off the path into the grassy section on the left so I would be out of the way. He moved my cart and asked if I was ok. I thanked him over and over for stopping. As he got in his golf cart to leave he said, see, New Yorkers aren’t all bad. I sadly did not get his name, but, sir, I will say thank you again for stopping to help me!! This post is not to complain but to say, please, drivers, if you see a cart stopped along a path, just make an inquiry to see if that person needs help. I have done that many times if I see someone stopped. Thank you

It’s very easy to push your cart by yourself. You just have to put the gear in neutral.

[Bogie Shooter]

It’s very easy to push your cart by yourself. You just have to put the gear in neutral.

Maybe for you but apparently not for this lady…………….

[JMintzer]

When we first came to the villages in 2004, the people were more friendly. That is how the villages got the name being "The Friendliest Village." It seems most Millennials have a careless attitude!!!!

Millennials are aged 27-42...

I doubt many of them are residents of TV...

[Velvet]

Millennials are aged 27-42...

I doubt many of them are residents of TV...

Using predictive analysis? Forecasting? My daughter loves her (tail-less) cat, I wonder if she will make a friendly Villager.

[rustyp]

Problem Solved! We got my wife’s golf cart back Monday afternoon! It was the Throttle Cable Assembly! I guess the bang she heard was the old cable snapping! Her only concern was getting off the paved golf cart path onto the grass to prevent an accident near a blind curve near the 9th green at Kenya golf course. She couldn’t push the cart herself and was afraid of an accident. Thanks for your responses.

Was it the throttle cable or throttle pedal spring ? There was a vintage of Yamaha carts around 2012 which had defective springs. I had one and your failure mode it exactly what I experience - bang and all. I fixed it myself. To my surprise I went to the Villages Cart store and asked for the spring. They came out with a beefier one - said it was an upgrade. Asked them how much. Answer was free it is a Yamaha recall.