H2Guy
100 mW
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- Dec 8, 2020
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I'm converting a tired John Deere 100 series lawn tractor to electric and will be using a 36V Club Car motor with Curtis controller that all bench tests fine. The challenge with these golf cart motors is they don't have a front bearing plate since they use the differential connection/housing to support the rotor. The second challenge is they accept a male spline drive shaft so some solution is required to configure and secure a traditional shaft output. I've designed a front plate / shaft and 3D printed some fit-up prototypes. Before I commit to metal fab ($$) I'm wondering if anyone one else out there has used a golf cart motor and can offer any advice before I go in too deep.
The easiest thing might be to get my hands on a club car rear end and eliminate custom fab at the motor ... some kind of customization would be required to secure the rear end to the JD frame but unfortunately I can't seem to find a used part in my neck of the woods (Southern Ontario) so this doesn't seem to be a viable path forward.
Would really like to use the motor / controller on hand as it's sitting in a box and dying to be used on something. Let me know your thoughts and all words of wisdom please.
Cheers
The easiest thing might be to get my hands on a club car rear end and eliminate custom fab at the motor ... some kind of customization would be required to secure the rear end to the JD frame but unfortunately I can't seem to find a used part in my neck of the woods (Southern Ontario) so this doesn't seem to be a viable path forward.
Would really like to use the motor / controller on hand as it's sitting in a box and dying to be used on something. Let me know your thoughts and all words of wisdom please.
Cheers
