Tires and wheels

Tires, wheels and hubs determine how a golf cart rides, steers and spends its charge. The guides in this category cover pressures, punctures and slow leaks, sidewall cracking with age, reading uneven wear, wheel bearing checks and replacement, lug nut torque, vibration at speed, and what really changes when you fit larger wheels. Almost every fault here begins with a pressure check. Golf cart tires run far softer than automobile tires: turf tires commonly sit somewhere between roughly 15 and 25 psi depending on the tire, and the correct figure is molded into the sidewall or printed in the handbook, so check against that rather than habit. Underinflation costs range, wears the shoulders and makes the steering heavy. Overinflation wears the center of the tread and harshens the ride. Whenever a wheel has been off, tighten the lug nuts in a star pattern rather than working around the circle, and recheck them after a short drive, because freshly seated wheels settle. Bearing wear shows up as a rumble that changes with speed and as rocking movement when you grip the raised wheel at twelve and six o'clock. Punctures, pressures and torque checks belong to the owner, and bearing replacement is manageable with the right tools and the cart on stands. Vibration that survives correct pressures, tight lug nuts and sound bearings suggests a bent rim or a tire out of shape, and that is worth sending to us through our support request form.