While mech. inclined and have built my fair share of buggies and go-karts, golf carts are new to me. Got a 84 Marathon for camp for $350. I don't have a big budget as The girl and me are saving for a wedding in the fall.It needs a cosmetic do over lol. I put new piston/rings and a battery in it. It runs, goes, starts, forward/reverse everything is all there. It needs a lot of wires replaced and cleaned up (lil rat nesty looking).The brakes are in need of adjustment. just shy of 1/8" meat left on the shoes and from what I can tell by parts pics that's not much less than new. 1st, when adjusting the turnbuckle under the cart I noticed the two cables in the "equalizer bracket aren't equal. I have the shoes adjusted to the drums with a lil bit of drag and that seem to be ok but now the brake pedal is a lot higher and the hill brake takes a bit of oomph to engage. Is there any way to adjust the pedal hill brake engagement point? 2nd. Upon inspecting the rear undercarriage there is a bushing on each side of the cart forward of the rear axle that goes in front of the spring/shock plate and both of them are wasted. One seems to be attached to a motor mount on pass side and the other to some subframe x member. The driver side seems like the x member has shifted a tad (I can tap it back) and the two bolts on either side of the shock are loose and have been for some time it seems. I can't seem to find these bushings. Before I go at a old tire sidewall with a hole saw to make my own are they still avail. As for the bolts, if they are hogged out I can always go up a size in bolt... I'm hearing the nickel and dime train coming and wondering if I should keep at it or....
John
John