Home Golf Cart Maintenance | Easy Golf Cart Self Repairs

While we have a variety of golf cart services we perform at our service center, there are also several different home golf cart maintenance tasks that the average person can perform to ensure that their golf cart remains in top condition for as long as possible. Some of these services are essential to maintaining the life of a golf cart, and may help increase its lifespan over carts that aren’t as regularly serviced by owners.

Bringing your cart to a service center at least once a year is recommended, but for the rest of the year, here are several home golf cart maintenance tasks to perform to ensure a long lasting golf cart.

Home Golf Cart Maintenance

Battery Maintenance

One of the most important tasks is making sure that an electric golf cart’s batteries are in their best condition and will last as long as possible. Many newer carts have a lithium battery system, which require virtually no maintenance, but for carts with a lead-acid battery system, regular maintenance is necessary. This includes checking the water levels and refilling with distilled water when they’re low – when refilling, the water levels are meant to be about an inch below the cap hole, or just touching the edges of where the hole begins. Cleaning the terminals is also essential to preventing damage to the posts or cables. Using a solution of baking soda and water, use a wire brush to clean any corrosion and the liquid solution to dissolve the acid deposits.

Keep the cart plugged in when not in use, though if you have an older model without a smart charger (one that shuts off automatically when the batteries are fully charged), take care to not overcharge the
batteries to prevent shortening their lifespan. Always check your batteries for signs of damage as well, such as frayed or broken cables, or any cracks, leaks, or excessive swelling.

Tire Inspections

It’s recommended to use a tire pressure gauge to check the air pressure level of your tires and make sure none are over or underinflated. Depending on your golf cart, the specific ideal tire pressure may vary, but most cart tires range between 15 and 25 psi. Also make sure to inspect for any signs of excessive wear or damage, such as shallow grooves, exposed treads, or reduced firmness.

Brake Adjustments

Inspecting and servicing your golf cart’s brake system is recommended to perform at least once a year. Check brake pads, drums, and cables and adjust as needed, and ensure that you have enough brake fluid – top off if needed. Many golf carts have rear brake pads, so include those if your has them and replace when necessary.

Lubricate Moving Parts

Regular suspension lubrication, as well as greasing the steering wheel rack and pinion, or any other moving parts, is necessary to keeping your golf cart functioning its best.

General Maintenance

Along with greasing steering wheel components, also check the steering yoke system and make sure all bolts are tight. For carts that have lights and mirrors, check these regularly to ensure that nothing is loose or damaged, and all wires and connections are functioning and not frayed or broken. Don’t forget to check all lights – including headlights, taillights, brake lights, and turn signals. If any of these are not working, consult the owner’s manual.

For gas golf carts, make sure there are no engine leaks by checking under your cart for stains on the ground. Inspect belts and cables, and check spark plugs as well. If you need an oil change, you may need to have your cart picked up and brought to our service center.

For any other more complex services, or if you run into a problem you’re not sure how to fix, use our contact page to get in touch with us and schedule a service call.

Golf Cart Customization | Rims and Tires | Golf Cart Painting

At our golf cart repair center, we offer a variety of services for all types of carts, from common brands like EZGO, Club Car, and Yamaha, to Advanced EV, Bintelli, and our own brand, America EV. Among these services is golf cart customization, with options such as custom paint jobs, custom seats, colored rims and tires, and body work. We can install accessories purchased on our golf cart parts and accessories site, Prime Cart Parts, as well as install lift kits to raise your cart
several inches.

Details about a few of our customizations are listed below. Other services we do on golf carts include body repair, wheel alignments, oil changes for gas carts, brake service, battery maintenance, and more. For any other questions, use our contact page to get in touch with us.

Golf Cart Customization Options

Custom Paint Job and Seats

Our custom paint jobs are one of our most popular golf cart customization options, with our colored flames for California Roadster and 39 Roadster carts always attracting the attention of any golf cart fan. Also available for our Roadster carts is the woody paint job, where a wood-grain pattern is airbrushed onto the sides, hood, and back trunk.

Custom seats are also often seen with carts that have a custom paint job. At Prime Cart Parts, you can purchase custom two-tone seats for an Advanced EV golf cart, which we can then install at our service location for an additional charge. Other custom seats purchased elsewhere may also be able
to be installed by our team.

Rims and Tires, Lift Kit

At our multiple store locations, we sell custom golf cart rims and tires, for standard street tires and bumpy lifted tires. Not only can we switch out your tires, we can also install a lift kit on certain brands of cart to raise it several inches, and allow it to have bigger tires for lifted carts.

Body Style

A variety of custom body shapes are available for common brands of golf cart like Club Car, EZGO, and Yamaha. This is when the front and/or back end of the cart is removed and replaced with a differently shaped body piece, which can be purchased separately from other stores. These body styles are most often similar to cars, and give the cart the appearance of a mini version of that car.

Golf Cart Battery Storage | How to Prepare a Golf Cart Battery for Winter

As the weather begins to get colder and the golf carts begin to roll into storage, it’s important to know how to maintain your golf cart batteries for the winter season. Prime Golf Cars is here to provide a guide specifically about golf cart battery storage, especially in the winter. The key to maintaining the longevity of lead-acid batteries through the winter is proper storage.

The process of preparing for golf cart battery storage is similar in both the summer and winter seasons, but one thing that remains constant is the importance of fully charging your battery before putting the golf cart into long-term storage. The reason for this is because leaving them discharged in cold weather can actually cause the electrolyte inside to freeze and therefore expand, which could potentially crack the battery case and cause a leak or battery failure. When a battery is not charged, its freezing point is about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, while a fully charged battery has a much lower freezing point: approximately -80 degrees Fahrenheit.

If the weather is not too severe and you’re not putting your golf cart into long-term storage, there are still procedures to follow for using your golf cart in colder temperatures. Cold weather causes the batteries to charge slower, and reduces the battery’s capacity. In this case, it’s extra important to make sure the battery is fully charged before driving the golf cart – a common mistake made is plugging in the battery and assuming it is fully charged, not knowing that charging slows in colder weather, and therefore draining the battery further with every drive. In order to check the charge of your batteries in cold weather, you’ll want to take hydrometer readings of your battery’s cells and use the correction factor of subtracting 0.004 (four points) from your reading for every 10 degrees below 80 degrees Fahrenheit (the optimum temperature to take a hydrometer reading). A fully charged golf cart battery should have a hydrometer reading of approximately 1.270. For example, if the outside temperature is 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and your hydrometer reading returns as 1.200, you’ll want to subtract 0.12 from this reading; your correct reading would therefore be 1.188, which means the battery is less than 50 percent charged. It’s extra important to fully recharge the battery before driving or putting the golf cart into storage, as a golf cart that drops below 50 percent charged can be more difficult to fully recharge.

golf cart battery storage, how to prepare a golf cart battery for winter

Another tip we recommend for driving a golf cart in colder weather is using one of our golf cart enclosures – we have a page on our golf cart parts and accessories website – Prime Cart Parts – for the 2 passenger, 4 passenger, and 6 passenger enclosures we sell for our Advanced EV or Icon golf carts, available in black, white, and tan.