About me: I'm an electronics engineer with several patents in various industries. I am credited with inventing the key-less ignition that is in a lot of new cars. I received an Edison Award (New York, NY) for that invention in 2012. I also won the Invention and New Products Expo (INPEX - Pittsburg, PA) in 2007 for inventing the key-less ignition. I also received an Excellence in Motorcycling award from the Cincinnati, Ohio V-Twin Expo for the invention of a key-less ignition on a motorcycle in 2006. I started building contraptions when I was a kid, learning to weld and fabricate on my own and with friends. I've owned 82 motorcycles in my life. I loved to ride motocross and supercross but am too old now. I do not have a motorcycle at the moment. I currently live in Ocala, Florida.
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Nice build, do you have any problem with the tracks staying on? I have a similar build and the tracks try to wander when I'm tight turning on grippy tarmac... cheers
yes, it does not turn well on pavement, works great on grass or dirt.
Just junk, be careful a lot of the gas ones are junk too.
I agree. A lot of the new engines don't allow you to change the oil, just add oil. I think that's pretty stupid, its a sort of planned obsolescence built into the machine so when you wear it out, you throw it away and buy a new one.
I have the same golf cart but my biggest problem is now that I sent the motor to be rebuilt by a scammer on eBay who I'd probably still has up with the motors
Should have call them they sent me a free one it comes with 10 years warranty at no cost best investment
The thing i hate, is on the Greenworks Canadian website, all parts are available i believe ? But the USA site you can't find nothing. And someone online said the canda site wont ship to the usa . Greenworks lost customers over that, as i tell everyone buy EGO instead, as im betting you can get ego parts.
My Greenworks pro 60v single blade model is awesome, I'm going on 4 years now mowing. I think it's just that dual blade model that has the issue.
as long as you never hit a hidden obstacle. Wait until you hit a root or something. Its not as strong as a gas engine, won't take much to destroy it.
And just try to get someone to answer the phone at their customer disservice. I gave up trying.
@@RunsWithScissors I wonder if ego is the same, no customer service
To blurry
That’s awesome is it build bottom up around the stroker or project build from other parts?
all custom built from bottom up but made to fit around a 57 chevy look alike golf cart body.
Is nice!
crap , i just bought one
can you send it back?
@@RunsWithScissors i did , took back to Walmart with in two hour of purchase
@@user-zj5ml3yq7k you're better off that way, I put this video up because the product is crap and their customer service stinks. I could not get a hold of them. Basically you're Sh!t out of luck if you buy a greenway product.
The key ignition didn’t shut it off because you have to ground it to the body of the golf course
thanks for watching the video, yeah I figured out the problem about a minute after I spoke about it.
Hi Nick, Awesome project!! Im working on something similar and was wondering if you could offer any advice? by the looks of it, you used a tire to make your tracks? I decided to go the same route and i drilled all of my holes but im struggling to clear out the steel wire imbedded in the tire. how did you do it? Right now im drilling the hole and then going in after with a griding stone to grind away the metal but its too slow. im losing my mind. any advice? Thanks
what you're doing is exactly what I did, it took time. I ended up abandoning trying to make a sprocket drive due to the limit of the tools I have and went with a friction drive, like how a pulley works.
Good times. Thank you for sharing with us.
Ótimo trabalho irmão 👏👍👈
Cool
This is exactly what my Grandson and I are about to do. Good ideas on the transmission to existing axle mod. Tech Tip. The key switch assembly must be grounded to kill the engine🤓
So are these custom made or can one actually find a typical production one to fit & work?
Sorry for the late reply, if you didn't find your answer, they make a variety of sizes so you can pick one to suit your application.
WOW, thanks for producing such, this may be the answer to my Snapper mower conversion to a horizontal shaft engine to a direct axle, centrifical clutch chain to chain on live axle, simply could NOT keep the chain on
HUM, how long did that last with that chain drive??
Still going strong and I abuse it a lot, going over logs, jumps, carrying a lot of weight, pulling wheelies, etc
That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Hello Nick, I like your projects. New Subscriber
Cool, I gotta keep myself busy...
Nicely done! Awesome video
thanks, it was a fun project, however there is a flaw in the video. I said I used the input shaft of the transmission. I actually used the output shaft of the transmission, took the sprocket off and used a coupler to connect the output shaft to a 5/8" shaft welded to the spline connector from the electric motor. Any how, I have not had any problems at all with the conversion. It can take a lot of abuse and it pulls wheelies...
What was the purpose of cutting holes in in the tires if you didn't add any teeth to the golf cart wheels for grabbing the tracks?
I started to hand make a sprocket to drive the tracks but abandoned that Idea after I realized there was plenty of surface area for a friction drive, like a V-belt
@@RunsWithScissors ohh dang yeah like a v belt. Hmm. Does the tension have to be really high for it to not slip? I built aluminum tracks but I keep thinking about recycled tires.
@@chriswf I don't have it set very tight because there is so much surface area. I have noticed it slip when I'm running around in wet grass.
@@RunsWithScissors Hi, I have another question :D In the holes that you cut/poked, how'd you get the steel belt too? I used a hole saw and It's only cutting 1 side of the hole, then pushes the rest out of the steel way as it goes through the other side of the tire. I used a reciprocating saw to cut the sides off, and that worked fine. But its the holes that are troublesome.
@@chriswf I used a grinding wheel on a drill to clear out the holes of the steel wire, however with a friction drive there is no need to cut holes in the tire.
nothing better than something simple that works.
Good job on your build would be nice to see the mechanisms
I have other videos of the build on my channel
I heard it's hard to find replacement gears for that so here's a way to make a new gear, m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJuuuZqMfMuulMo.html
It looks like i should have gotten an electronic one to convert. The 2 stroke ezgo spins the opposite direction of a 212cc..
You can flip the axle? seen that done before.
@@RandyKraege I though about it, but I would have to cut and remake all the brackets on the opposite side. I'm just going with a jack shaft out the yoke and then run chain from the 212.
can you post a picture of your chain tensioner. I am doing the same thing, but I am setting up rear end a little differently. I totally pressed out the 19-spline shaft out of the electric stator. I am going to use a pillow block bearing and cut a keyway in the shaft. ! have to have it turned down to 1". The stator splined shaft is like 1 3/32nds. Im curious. with the rear end being a solid rear end does the chain ever make any grinding noises or show wear if one side of the machine is tilted one way due to the passenger load or material being hauled? thank you for your video! very informative i will share a video when I'm done with mine
I did a video on the chain tensioner. I bought a Roll Ring and used it. It's been over a year since I converted my golf cart and the chain never makes noise and has never come off. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6xlvMeuksm-lqQ.html I hope this helps, The Roll Ring is an awesome chain tensioner, made things so simple to do and it extends the life of the chain because it doesn't allow the chain to whip around. It smooths out gear changes too!
Cool!
how well did the gear box hold up mounted that way?
Its been over a year since I built this and its still going strong. I thought I would have blown the gearbox by now since the engine puts out more power than its rated for, but its still going. Doesn't pop out of gear or nothing. The chain has never come off. I have carried two adults and 400 pounds of corn through gullies, up hill and across swamp where the water came up to the floor. Still going strong. The gearbox is oriented so the drain is at the bottom and the filler cap is on top.
Awesome, Im doing the same thing converting an electric to gas and looks like you got best solution for a tensioner, thanks for sharing.
thank you. It just made things so simple and it has never fallen out. I pop wheelies with my golf cart and carry up to 500 lbs of corn along with a passenger out at my hunting property. never fails.
@@RunsWithScissors sounds great, ill have to find one when i get mine rolling.
What is the engine how many HP sir
6.5 Horse Power from Harbor Freight
Hi can you send all the materials and all the measurements
I just built it as I was going along, I just had an idea of what I wanted and using the parts I had on hand, just built it. No plans other than a couple of hand drawn sketches that I no longer possess. Basically the plans are in my head...
Greenworks cut corners by using plastic gears on their 60V, 80V, and 82V 25-inch mowers, gen. 1 and gen. 2. Tool Hombre discussed the gears' shortcoming in his teardown: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gn2ho9Bsfseffqw.html Greenworks finally got it right, switching to metal gears in the 25-inch in Greenworks Commercial 82V Gen. 3. But the 60V and 80V 25-inch consumer mowers continue to use plastic.
Thanks for the info and the link. I checked how much my son paid for this POS, it was actually $700+tax. A $250 gas powered mower would have just eaten the root and tossed it out the chute. Greenway's crappy gears instead just snapped. Not worth the money...
@@RunsWithScissors just bought a 60V greenworks small pine cone got stuck underneath looks like driveshaft or something like it, now wont satart any ideas,thanks
for what the price is, these things are garbage, my guess is something is bent, these things can only cut grass, but if you hit something like a root, they self destruct. My old gas mower would just chop the root up and keep going.
@@piotrkaczynski9843 also, just try to contact their customer support. I was on the phone waiting for 25 minutes listening to their ads and elevator music, no one picked up and I got disgusted and hung up.
Are we 100% the 82v commercial has metal gears and not plastic?
could buy one with a disability
Get that beast some cleats!
I admire the doohickey
Need to replace battery
Hey man, I’m not sure if you’d be able to help me I did a predator 420 swap in an easy go and I’m having a hard time figuring out why this thing is so slow. I use the same gearbox that everybody else is using with the chain, going from the gearbox to the transaxle and for some reason I can’t get over 10 mile an hour I know for a fact of pressure 420 should go faster and 10 mile an hour I had a 10 tooth sprocket on the gearbox and a 12 tooth on the rear axle and then I switched it to a 36 tooth on the rear axle on it didn’t make a difference.
the rear axle on my easy go has a 14:1 reduction ratio. The gearbox has a 1.25:1 reduction ratio in Forward and 2.5:1 in reverse. Putting the 36 tooth on the rear axle with a 10 tooth on the gearbox would add 3.6:1 reduction. you need to put a larger sprocket on the gearbox and a smaller sprocket on the rear end. I don't know if the 36T sprocket will fit the gearbox but you need reverse the sprockets.
nagyon konnyulessz kanyarodni vele lehet hogy csak Arnold Schwarzenegger tudja eltekerni ha ha ha ha
hahahaha...
Four beeps means the main extractors can’t turn
ficou muito bom, parabens
thank you
@@RunsWithScissors 👍👍
Any cross reference for hydraulic filter my bobcat dealer far away ct1021
no I only use OEM products on everything I own, I don't want to give the manufacturers any reason to void a warranty
Nick, this is awesome. I am building a self propelled dump wheelbarrow (large ACE) from a large snowblower and a frame awaits a barrow and a linear actuator or hydraulic dumper mechanism. Do you still have the motorized barrow and do you still use it? Are you down south or up here in PA?
I still have it but I bought a tractor with a bucket so I don't use it as much now. Depends on what I have to pick up. If I'm just going around the yard picking up branches after a storm, I will use the motorized wheelbarrow. When I go to my hunting property, I use the tractor because its 4WD and holds just as much corn.
can you leave a link to the muffler and air filter? I'm putting an 18hp duromax in an ezgo cart and can't find muffler or airfilter for engines that large. I'm only seeing them for 6-7hp which doesn't fit. Thanks!
the muffler is something I made. I cut the original muffler off its flange with my bandsaw. then welded a bent exhaust pipe I bought from Go Power Sports to the flange with my mig welder. I used a supertrapp exhaust from an old dirt bike to use as the muffler. The air filter was something I bought from Amazon. I measured the diameter of the carburetor flange and just bought an air filter that fit.
@@RunsWithScissors Thanks for replying. I was able to make a muffler earlier out of pieces of a new one that didn't fit. Do you happen to have a link to the air filter assembly you bought? I'm having a hard time finding one that is the right size.
@@TimothysTractors I bought it so long ago that my Amazon account archive doesn't allow me to go back that far. If you can measure the inlet diameter I can look for one. Also I have gone to the K&N website and ordered filters by inlet size for other projects I have done.
@@RunsWithScissors I've got the air filter but not the right adapter that goes on the 2 carburetor studs
@@TimothysTractors I'm really sorry that I can't get to the order I made on amazon for the air filter. It all came as a unit. The adapter for the carb and filter. It was over a year ago so I can't get back in the amazon archives to find it. Dang, I will keep looking and if I find any more info I will post it in the description where I have the other links for parts. Sorry Tim, I just don't have the info right now.
I recently came across roll ring due to my need for a chain tensioner for a bike engined car application. This roll ring in theory and practice is great. I'll order mine from Europe. Also just to help you out, those sprocket "appendages" (hilarious by the way) are called teeth. Hope that helps. Have a nice day ☺️
Thanks for watching the video!
Check on the bottom of the dust collector it should say why
Fun projects I just finished a 1980 Yamaha golf cart but I used a 65 hp snow mobile engine 544 cc , damn had to put wheelie bars on it and a roll bar,,l built a rocket,, 80 MPH.
Awesome! please post some videos of it on your channel, thanks for watching my video. This cart will pull wheelies too but not like yours does!
Karet ban apa yg anda gunakan itu..?? Ban ring berapakah..??
I used a 33" truck tire to make the tracks but you can use whatever size you have. Making the tracks from a tire was the most difficult part of this project.
@@RunsWithScissors oke saya mau coba belajar bikin sendiri😊🙏🙏
Just heads up that dipstick comes right off without having to losen Any nuts/bolts.
only if the shield is not all the way back. Mine is all the way back so I have to loosen it and pull it forward. keeping the shield all the way back prevents the dip stick from getting knocked out.
Gotcha do you know how many gallons of hydraulic fluid needed to filled? I added two and still not working after i drained .
@@rickiebarry9733 Rickie, thanks for watching the video and asking questions, I bought a 5 gallon bucket of hydraulic fluid from my Bobcat dealer and just slowly poured it in until it showed up on the dipstick. It took quite a bit but I think I have at least a gallon or more left in that bucket but not sure how much exactly. The CT1021 Maintenance manual says 3.4 US gallons