It’s important to visit a professional service department with your golf cart every once in a while. However, it’s also important to make sure that you know when to go and where to go. You don’t want to ignore a problem that could be fixed while it’s small, only for it to result in expensive repairs down the road.

Golf Cart Center of Rockledge is your Florida golf cart dealer, serving Cocoa West and Merritt Island. Here’s our checklist for you to follow when you’re planning your visit to a golf cart service department.

Why Is Servicing Important? 

Keeping your golf cart well-maintained is crucial to ensuring that it always functions properly. The benefits of having a professional look at your golf cart are numerous:

  • Discovering issues that a non-mechanic would miss.
  • Preventing large problems from occurring.
  • Making sure the cart runs correctly.
  • Extending the golf cart’s usable life.
  • Catching small issues that need to be addressed.

How often you visit a golf cart service department will depend upon how old your cart is, how often the cart is used and how the cart is used. Set up a reasonable schedule with a golf cart dealer.

Service Tasks That All Golf Carts Require

Regardless of whether your cart is gas or electric, you’ll need the same basic tasks performed. These services include:

  • Testing how the steering works.
  • Testing brakes, including drums, shoes and cables.
  • Checking lights and signals.
  • Adding corrosion protectant to battery terminals.
  • Topping off differential gear oil or changing it as needed.
  • Testing the reverse buzzer.
  • Inflating tires to the correct psi levels.

Gas Vs. Electric

If you have a gas golf cart, then some services that might be performed would include oil changes and top-offs, checking for signs of gas or oil leakage, replacing spark plugs, changing fuel and oil filters, tightening battery connections and inspecting the carburetor and its connections.

As for those with electric carts, some of the maintenance tasks required could include fully charging the battery, testing cables, cleaning terminals, checking the water level of the battery, checking power cables and inspecting high-amperage parts that wear easily like the wiper-speed switch or the F-N-R switch.

Require some professional assistance with your golf cart? Contact the service department here at Golf Cart Center of Rockledge to schedule an appointment with our professional mechanics. We’ll be more than happy to service your golf cart and get it running smoothly.  Looking to purchase a new cart? Stop by our dealership in Rockledge, FL, today to view our stock of new and used golf carts for sale. Golf Cart Center of Rockledge proudly serves the cities of Cocoa Beach, Palm Shores and Merritt Island, FL.