Cart Lurches at start

[harveyman1975]

84 Club Car Electric Recent Purchase. Previous owner replaced batteries soleniolds and speed controller. Car charges well and is very fast and has good hill climbing torque. To prevernt a lurching start one must slowly press the foot peddle until a medium speed is reached and then let the car accelerate to full speed. How can I resolve the lurching problem and just be able to mash the foot peddle and let the cart manage the acceration?

Thanks - Greg

[dougmcp]

to GCF Greg.
It's rare that anyone complains about too much throttle response. Is your 1984 cart still a 36v cart with 5 micro switches and 5 solenoids or has it had any modifications done to it like a controller conversion or 48v upgrade?
Is the cart lifted with large tires?

[Michael Eddie]

Hi Greg, I think that the low speed solenoid is not functioning, or one of the micro switches powering that one.

[Gimpy]

Does it have a new belt? Mine (gas, not electric) would give you whiplash until the belt seated in, now it is still a tiny bit jerky but I believe that is because a gas engine has to rev a bit before enough torque is available to activate the clutch mechanism. DC motors have torque available from the 'git-go' so there is no threshold issue with them.

[harveyman1975]

to GCF Greg.
It's rare that anyone complains about too much throttle response. Is your 1984 cart still a 36v cart with 5 micro switches and 5 solenoids or has it had any modifications done to it like a controller conversion or 48v upgrade?
Is the cart lifted with large tires?

36v with new solenoids and 2 coils on top. one coil wound tight and one not.

[dougmcp]

Your cart should have 5 speed micro switches, 5 solenoids and 4 cois to control your speed.
You could have a shorted micro switch or 2.
If you are missing some switches, solenoids or coils, they have been deleted or bypassed and that is what is taking your cart to a higher speed at the beginning.
There is a wiring diagram but you will need to get to 5 posts before you can view them.

[harveyman1975]

thanks for all the help. the cart only has 2 coils and they are very thick. i have ordered the stock coil set up. thanks again.

[dougmcp]

Let us know after you get the new coils installed if it fixed your problem.