Club Car DS Villager 4, Maintenance And Service Manual

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Motor Installation ELECTRIC VEHICLE - MOTOR
4. Install motor on transaxle.
4.1. Slide the motor coupling onto the transaxle input shaft. See following NOTE.
NOTE: The coupling will push any excess grease on the input shaft along the shaft toward the transaxle.
When the motor is pushed onto the input shaft, the motor housing will not bottom out against the transaxle
housing
(Figure 16-15, Page 16-12) . There will be approximately 1/16 inch (1.6 mm) gap between the motor
adapter ring and transaxle housing as shown (Figure 16-23, Page 16-16) .
1
2
1/16 INCH (1.6 MM)
743
Figure 16-22 Clean Chamfer and Input Shaft End
744
Figure 16-23 Gap at Motor and Transaxle
4.2. Loosely install the three bolts and lock washers that secure the motor to the transaxle (Figure 16-24,
Page 16-17) . Do not tighten.
4.3. Begin finger-tightening the bolts (1, 2, and 3) in the sequence indicated. Continue tightening by hand until
the motor is seated in the transaxle housing. See following CAUTION and NOTE.
CAUTION
• Make sure the motor is properly seated in the transaxle housing.
NOTE: Failure to install and tighten the motor mounting bolts in the proper sequence and to the proper tightness may
result in motor noise during operation.
4.4. Tighten the center bolt (3) to 100 in·lb (11.3 N·m).
4.5. Tighten the left and right bolts (1 and 2) to 100 in·lb (11.3 N·m).
4.6. Retighten all three bolts (1, 2 and 3) to 100 in·lb (11.3 N·m).
4.7. Install the motor wires, making sure they are connected to the correct motor terminals and that the terminal
orientation is correct. See page . Hold the bottom nut of stud with wrench and tighten the terminal retaining
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