A Comprehensive Golf Cart Service Checklist
Keeping your golf cart in good working order requires regular maintenance, and you can perform many upkeep tasks easily at home with the right tools and knowledge. However, you’ll still need to ensure that your golf cart is regularly taken into a professional mechanic, and that that mechanic performs good-quality service on your vehicle.
It can be helpful to know what to expect from a service department before you head into one. That’s why we’ve created this service checklist for you. Dever Golf Car Sales, with locations in Louisville and Lexington, KY, is your Bluegrass State golf cart dealer. Here are some of the things you’ll want to know about in advance of your service visit with your golf cart.
Why Are Regular Service Visits Important?
Keeping your golf cart maintained is an important part of golf cart ownership. Letting professionals take a look at your cart every so often will help you out with maintenance in several ways:
- Reveals issues that might be missed by you during the course of your upkeep
- Finds small problems before they become bigger problems that will cost more to repair
- Prevents malfunctions from happening
- Keeps the golf cart running smoothly
- Extends the life of your golf cart
How often you have professional maintenance performed on your golf cart will depend on a few factors. Older golf carts will require more frequent maintenance to keep them running well and golf carts that are used more often will also require more frequent maintenance. Talking to your local dealership can help you to determine just how often you can expect to bring your cart in for service.
What Are Some Common Services Performed?
Regardless of whether your golf cart is gas or electric, there will be some services that are common to both styles. Here are some of the services you can expect:
- Tire check-up with a look at psi levels and repair or replacement as needed
- Suspension, steering and front end lubrication
- Steering and brake tests
- Differential gear oil check and change
- Reverse buzzer inspection
- Application of corrosion protectant on battery terminals
Gas Golf Cart Service Tasks
For those who own a gas golf cart, these are the tasks you can anticipate a service department performing:
- Engine check for oil leakage and repair
- Oil inspection and change, if needed
- Replacement of drive and starter belts if worn down
- Tightening of starter belt tension
- Engine compression check
- Carburetor adjustment
- Spark plug inspection and replacement
- Air, oil and fuel filter replacement
- Battery connection check and load test
Electric Golf Cart Service Tasks
For electric golf carts, these are the tasks you can expect a service department to fulfill:
- Full battery charge using the customer’s charger
- Discharge test to address any recent battery issues
- Cleaning of battery, terminals and cables to remove corrosion
- Battery water level check and refill
- Power cable examination for damage or tightness
- High-amperage part inspection, like the F-N-R switch and wiper-speed switch
Remember: if your golf cart requires some professional attention, you can always get in touch with the Dever Golf Car Sales service department. Our team of professional mechanics will be more than happy to take a look at your golf cart and address any outstanding issues you’re having with it. Just make an appointment with our friendly staff and we’ll get you back on the course in no time.
Seeking to buy a new golf cart instead? Scroll through our website to take a look at our wide stock of new and used golf carts for sale at our Kentucky locations. Dever Golf Car Sales proudly serves all of our Kentucky customers in the cities of Lexington and Louisville.