Service
Golf cart brakes, steering and suspension
Find a provider for brake service, steering play, suspension work, and lift kit fitting and alignment.
What this covers
- Brake shoes, drums, cables and adjustment
- Parking brake adjustment and repair
- Steering play, tie rods, king pins and bushings
- Shocks, leaf springs and general suspension
- Lift kit fitting, and the alignment and geometry work that should follow it
Symptoms that lead here
- The pedal feels soft, long, or goes to the floor
- The cart pulls to one side when braking
- A wheel will not spin freely, or a hub is hot after a drive
- Steering feels vague or knocks over bumps
- The parking brake will not hold on a slope
- It handles badly since a lift was fitted
What a provider is likely to check
- Whether each wheel rolls freely and coasts
- Shoe and drum condition, and cable free play
- Parking brake engagement and holding on a slope
- Play in tie rods, king pins and bushings
- Ride height and geometry, particularly after a lift
This describes how the work is usually approached. It is not a specification of what any individual provider will do — agree the scope with them directly.
Mobile or shop?
Mobile
Adjustment and cable work are often practical on site.
Shop
Anything needing the cart raised for a sustained period, and most lift kit work, is shop work.
What to have ready
Having these to hand makes the first conversation shorter and usually cheaper.
- Make, model and year
- Whether a lift kit or non-standard tyres are fitted, and when
- What the fault feels like from the driver's seat
- Whether it is getting worse, and how quickly
Safety first
Brakes are the system that stops a vehicle carrying passengers, often on slopes and near pedestrians. We do not publish brake repair procedures. A cart must be supported on rated jack stands on level ground before anyone works underneath it — a jack is a lifting device, not a supporting one.
Work it out yourself first
You will get a better answer from a provider if you can describe the fault precisely. These guides help you do that — and some of them will save you the call entirely.