null
  Loading... Please wait...
  • Contact Us
  • H: 8am-7pm EST, Mon-Fri

Golf Cart Tires & Accessories Blog | GCTS

Get Ready for Spring: Maintain Your Golf Cart!

Posted by

Your golf cart is a big investment and your personal safety is pretty darn important! So please, for the love of Pete, don't forget to take care of your golf cart. Below are a few easy things you should begin to make a habit out of to enhance the life of your golf cart and any added golf cart accessories:

1. CLEAN BATTERIES/FUEL LINES: If your cart is electric, take a look at your battery terminals and make sure they are clean. If you have corrosion on the terminals, we suggest getting the terminals wet and adding a bit of baking soda to the terminals. Then you can give them a good scrub with an old tooth brush and rinse them off!

For gas carts, clean or replace your fuel injectors. Yes, just like a your car or truck these small golf cart parts can get filthy and affect the performance of your cart!

2. CHECK YOUR TIRE PRESSURE: Before you take your first spin of the season, check to make sure that you don't have a flat and that your tire pressure is up to par. Recommended tire pressure will be displayed on the sidewall of the cart's tire. If you need a replacement, we've got you covered with our wide selection of golf cart tires and golf cart wheels and tires.

3. CHECK YOUR BRAKES & PADS: Next it is a good idea to check your brakes by jacking up the rear of the cart, safely supporting it and then removing the wheels to access your brakes. It is a great time to take some compressed air and blow out the brake dust. Then you can check the thickness of your pads. Also check the play in your brake pedal, you may need to adjust it so that you don’t have excess play.

4. TEST YOUR LIGHTS & REFLECTORS: Turn on the headlights and walk around the front of the cart to ensure both are working properly. Ask a friend to stand at the rear of the cart while you depress the brake pedal (to ensure brake light functionality) and test and turn signals at this time as well. If you don't have a friend to check the brake lights, just wait until it is dark outside to push the brake pedal while looking out towards the rear of the cart for light function.

5. CLEAN YOUR CART: After steps 1-4 are complete, get that cart out of your garage and give it a good cleaning. We recommend at LEAST one thorough cleaning each ear. A clean cart is a happy cart! Don’t be afraid to spray the batteries, just be mindful of the electronics.

Happy riding!

Golf Cart Lift Kit Types Explained: Different Types and What They Are

Revised: 7-10-2023Golf Cart Lift Kits ExplainedWe cover what a golf cart lift kit is, different golf cart lift kit types, and lift kit heights! Have you ever thought of adding bigger, meatier tires to your golf cart or upgrading to larger golf cart wheels? Maybe you’ve dreamt of being able to hang alongside your ATV in [...]

Read More »


Florida's Golf Cart City: The Villages

This was originally posted by The Telegraph.---The Villages is a city-sized retirement community known as “Disney World for old people”.It was no surprise to learn that Tim Fletcher drives his golf cart to the golf course.It was a little more unusual to hear that he also uses it to go to the doctor’s. And to the [...]

Read More »


Batman Tumbler Golf Cart

Well, this is nothing new but we felt we needed to post about it here for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.We love the most recent Batman Trilogy as much as anyone else. And with Batman, you can rest assured that you will always see cool gadgets, vehicles and pretty girls (of course). One of [...]

Read More »


Ice Drifting in a Golf Cart

Well, it looks like fun to us! This has me thinking that I need to go try this. Need to wait for the green flags to go up on the frozen lake of course (can't risk giving my rig a bath)!If any of you try drifting your golf cart on the ice this holiday season, [...]

Read More »


We Like it a Little Wacky: Port Royal Christmas Golf Cart Parade!

Well, we love the holidays and custom golf carts just about as much as anyone could, so it is only fitting that we post some of our favorite photos from the Port Royal, SC Xmas Golf Cart Parade:There is a lot going on with this golf cart. Enough lights to please Clark Griswold and a [...]

Read More »


2015 Club Car Precedent to be Best-in-class EFI (Electric Fuel Injected) Engine

We checked out the new and sophisticated 2015 Club Car Precedent golf cart: and we were impressed!“Club Car engineers spent a year researching major engine manufacturers’ offerings before partnering with Subaru, a world leader in building small engines with EFI,” says Rusty Risher, Marketing Manager, Golf.This shows through in the smooth running and immediate powerband, [...]

Read More »


Bentley Golf Cart - A Gift from Floyd Mayweather to his Son

Floyd Mayweather: you either love him or you hate him. One thing you can't take away from the champ is his uncanny ability to earn prize money from his self-promoted and long-running fighting career.Floyd most recently used some of his purse to purchase his 15-year old son a gold Bentley styled golf cart. We here [...]

Read More »


Golfing With Guns (via: Golf Car News)

Golf Carts with Gun RacksThe driving carts and views of snow-capped mountains may lead you to believe you’re at a golf course. But this Las Vegas complex has one major difference.“What’s different here is instead of having places in the golf cart to put your bags with your golf clubs in it, we have gun [...]

Read More »


How to Properly Winterize Your Golf Cart

Whether you're a snowbird just pulling the tarp off your cart for the season ahead, or you live in the north and are getting ready to put your cart away for the winter; it is a good idea to perform proper maintenance to enhance the life of your golf cart. Although, geographic location aside, it [...]

Read More »



Get Deals and News!

Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm ET

News and Latest Blogs

Let's Be Friends

FacebookTwitterYouTube