Golf Carts

Speed Adjustments for the EZ Go Golf Cart

EZ Go golf carts are designed for comfort and safety. Newer carts are powered by quiet electric motors and have a controller/sensor that regulates the speed of the cart. Many older carts have gasoline engines with a carburetor and throttle linkage. Aside from using the accelerator pedal to go faster or slower, you have a variety of options for adjusting the speed of EZ Go golf carts.

All About Golf Carts

Golf Techniques for a Broken Foot

Golfers who suffer from a fractured or broken foot are often kept off the course for weeks, allowing for the injury to heal properly before playing again. Despite this, it is possible to work on your putting, improve your upper...

Golf Cart Projects

Many people picture a golf cart in the traditional sense: off-white with a canopy and small rubber wheels. Golf courses post a list of rules regarding the use of rental carts. But in many cases, there's no rule that says you ca...

Golf Cart Etiquette on Hotel Grounds

Using a golf cart while staying at a hotel wouldn't appear to be that much different from driving it at a neighborhood golf course. However, hotel golf courses and grounds are different from the public golf course and country c...

How to Title a Non-Titled Golf Cart

Golf carts can be used in areas other than a golf course -- such as on hotel grounds or other large-area businesses -- as a form of low-speed transportation. You can also purchase a golf cart for home use as long as you have t...

How to Paint a Precedent Golf Cart

Precedent golf carts have fiberglass body panels and a fiberglass roof that can be painted in the colors of choice. Most production Precedent carts are white or light green, which allows you to paint a darker color if desired. ...

How to Arrange a Golf Cart Bag

Arranging a golf cart bag is relatively simple and provides easy access to golf clubs and golf equipment throughout the round. This process is routine for the experience golfer, but beginners and intermediate golfers can always...

How to Clean Squeaky Brakes on a Golf Cart

Maintaining your golf cart regularly is just as important as your regular vehicle, and squeaky brakes are no exception. Squeaky brakes are usually a warning that your brake pads are wearing down, and they can also become distra...

Disc Golf & the Use of Golf Carts

Eventually, the disc golfer has to put the disc in a basket much the way a golfer has to put the ball in a hole. While the game is seemingly about moving around and being active in the outdoors, many courses and tournaments all...

Uses for Golf Carts

While golf carts once traveled only on the golf course, they can now be found in a number of surprising applications. The golf cart's small size allows it to maneuver through narrow trails or even busy urban areas. It provides ...

How to Test Golf Cart Batteries

Golf cart batteries are six volt deep cycle lead acid batteries widely used to power small systems. The deep cycle design provides more energy storage than starting batteries like those used in automobiles. This allows golf car...

How to Clean a Golf Cart Gas Carburetor

Most golf cart carburetors can be cleaned on a workbench. Removing the carburetor from the golf cart engine is a matter of disconnecting the fuel line and throttle cable, and removing the nuts that hold the carburetor to the in...

How to Care for Golf Cart Enclosure

Golf cart enclosures protect you from the elements while you're traveling the greens. Enclosures frequently feature a clear Plexiglas or acrylic windshield, along with fitted see-through vinyl that surrounds the other three sid...

How to Clean Golf Cart Tops

Golf cart tops are constructed from strong plastic and provide golf cart passengers with protection from the sun and weather. Golf cart tops are customizable by color and extra features like roof lockers, fans, roof racks, radi...

How to Hook Up Batteries to EZ Go Golf Carts

E-Z-Go produces a variety of battery-operated carts that are designed to carry golfers and their clubs around a golf course. These devices feature a 48-volt DC electric drive train powered by a series of large, rechargeable bat...

How to Control Golf Carts at Events

You might need to transport visitors with medical needs and ferry event staff through the venue for crowd-control duties. Golf carts can perform these duties efficiently, notes the Festival Production Company. You can maintain ...

How to Use a Powerwise Golf Cart Battery Charger

Powerwise is a brand name for chargers supplied with E-Z-Go golf carts. Most of the carts produced by E-Z-Go come with these chargers as part of the standard features. Electric golf carts run entirely on a battery system. After...

How to Clean Golf Cart Seats

Golf cart seats are often made of vinyl, as are many automobile seats. Vinyl was invented in the 1920s by Waldo Semon, who was looking to create a synthetic adhesive. Semon likely had no idea how versatile a material vinyl woul...

How to Install a Golf Cart Battery

If you have noticed your golf cart is not as fast as usual or loses power quickly, it may have a failing battery. Golf carts have packs of 36- or 48-volt batteries that are often located under the front of the cart. If the batt...

How to Charge the EZ Go Golf Cart

Golf carts have found new uses over the years. Lost Creek Carts states that golf carts are not only on the golf course, but their usage extends to gardening, hunting, farming and carrying their owners around campgrounds and lak...

How to Drive a Golf Cart

Once found only on the golf course, golf carts have begun to be an all-purpose method of transportation in any small area, such as universities and stadiums. Although the golf cart seems like a safe mode of movement, mishaps a...

How to Replace Golf Cart Batteries

The golf cart is an effective way to get around contained areas that are spread out, such as a golf course or college campus. These carts run off electricity provided by a series of rechargeable batteries. While these batteries...

How to Clean Golf Cart Batteries

Regular golf cart battery cleaning and maintenance is important to keep your golf cart running smoothly. Most golf cart batteries are stored under the seat and consist of six lead-acid batteries. The acid within the batteries c...

How to Clean a Golf Cart Rubber Mat

Golfers can acquire dirt and debris on the bottom of their shoes and they can bring that dirt and debris back to the golf cart that they are using. To protect the floor of the cart, rubber mats are placed where your shoes rest....

How to Change Golf Cart Tires

Golf cart tires, just as car tires or bike tires, can go flat. Golf course staff usually can change a golf cart tire, but if you need to do the job yourself, here is guidance about how to do it.

How to Read Golf Cart Tire Size

Golf carts are small, four-wheel vehicles that run on battery power. They typically have no doors but do have a roof, steering wheel and pedals for accelerating and braking. Golf carts are common sights on golf courses, and som...

How to Find Cheap Golf Carts

Golf carts offer a variety of styles, trim packages and price levels. If you’re searching for an inexpensive golf cart, remember that this term can apply to two types of carts. You may be able to find a wallet-friendly no...

How to Check Golf Cart Batteries

If your golf cart is not quite as peppy as usual, or if loses its charge quickly, you might need to check its batteries. If the battery cables are corroded or damaged, they may not make a good electrical connection. Damage to a...

About Golf Carts

Golf carts exist to make the game easier and more enjoyable for players. While electric carts abound, players can also choose hand carts. Golf carts will take weight off players' backs and allow them to save time on a round of ...

How to Charge a Golf Cart Battery

Insufficiently charged golf cart batteries not only drain more quickly but also die sooner, making them useless. Golf cart batteries contain a solution of sulfuric acid and water in cells within the battery housing that hold le...

What Are the Benefits of Three-Wheel Push Golf Carts?

Lugging a bag of golf clubs around a golf course is not an easy task, and many casual players are not interested in paying for a caddy. A three-wheel golf cart can be the perfect solution for the golfer who does not want to car...

The Best Push Carts to Use for Golf

However, walking doesn't mean you need to lug your clubs for four miles. Historically, manual two-wheel carts designed to be pulled behind you were the primary alternative to electric carts. Today, technological advances have ...

Golf Carts: Gas Vs. Electric

When buying a golf cart you need to decide whether you would like a gas-powered cart or an electric cart. There are pros and cons for each. The choice of gas or electric depends on how you will use your golf cart. Do you want p...

Information on Golf Carts

Although you can tote your clubs around the course, a golf cart can easily transport you and your caddy through the greens. If your home is adjacent to the course, you may be able to drive the cart from point to point. Carts ca...

Benefits of a Three-Wheel Golf Cart

When you are on the course, it is very strenuous to carry your clubs for 18 holes. A golf push cart can help you do this much more easily. Three-wheel golf carts have many benefits as opposed to using a typical two-wheel golf c...

How to Replace Golf Cart Tires

Nothing disrupts a peaceful round of golf like popping a tire on your golf cart. Because cart tires are not like car tires, it can be a hassle to repair them, and most golfers do not even know how to do it. This can delay your ...

How to Increase Golf Cart Speed

Golf cart speed is regulated by most courses at about 12 m.p.h. This ensures a reasonably slow speed for these heavy-bottomed vehicles and is typically installed by the manufacturer. But sometimes, you want the cart to go faste...

Golf Cart Facts

Golf carts are a standard piece of equipment at most golf courses and are becoming increasingly popular as a potential replacement to your car for local errands. On a course, they speed up the pace of play by moving players mor...