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Hi, I am new to the forum.
I have worked on Club Car brakes which have the two shoes in each rear wheel, but some of my friends have late model Yamaha golf carts, which have no brakes in the wheels, I understand from reading forum topics that the brake is in the differential.
One of my friends had what he thought was a brake squeal noise, and it turned out to be relative motion between the axle tube and the axle shaft. The tube is just a simple tube between the inner race of the differential end axle bearing, and the wheel end hub. Is that tube supposed to be trapped by a high torque on the wheel end axle shaft nut, such that it rotates integral to the axle shaft, or is it just a spacer and that outer nut should just be snug and allow relative rotation between the the axle shaft and that tube?
The way it was when I looked at it was loose enough that there was relative rotation between the shaft and the tube, but I am thinking that maybe that should be tightened up enough to stop relative motion, and use that tube as part of the axle structure, since it looks like it locks against the differential end bearing inner race. It's a castle nut with a cotter pin. Sharing any knowledge of this area of the cart will be helpful.
I have worked on Club Car brakes which have the two shoes in each rear wheel, but some of my friends have late model Yamaha golf carts, which have no brakes in the wheels, I understand from reading forum topics that the brake is in the differential.
One of my friends had what he thought was a brake squeal noise, and it turned out to be relative motion between the axle tube and the axle shaft. The tube is just a simple tube between the inner race of the differential end axle bearing, and the wheel end hub. Is that tube supposed to be trapped by a high torque on the wheel end axle shaft nut, such that it rotates integral to the axle shaft, or is it just a spacer and that outer nut should just be snug and allow relative rotation between the the axle shaft and that tube?
The way it was when I looked at it was loose enough that there was relative rotation between the shaft and the tube, but I am thinking that maybe that should be tightened up enough to stop relative motion, and use that tube as part of the axle structure, since it looks like it locks against the differential end bearing inner race. It's a castle nut with a cotter pin. Sharing any knowledge of this area of the cart will be helpful.
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