1988 CART WON'T GO

[RONNYZ]

I REMOVED THE MOTOR AND PUSHED THE CART,THE GEAR IS TURNING SO I GUESS THAT TELLS ME THE PINION AND ALL GEARS ARE O.K..COULD IT BE THE FEMALE SPLINED GEAR ON THE MOTOR ITSELF IS STRIPPED OUT.ANY HELP WOULD BE HELPFUL..

 

[HotRodCarts]

Welcome to the forum...

We need a little more info. Can you hear the motor running? If the splines are stripped on the coupler you should be able to tell by looking...

 

[gornoman]

You could still have a stripped drum/hub on one side or the other. Did you inspect them first? Why are you tearing the drivetrain apart? What was the original issue?

And, Welcome to Cartaholics!

 

[RONNYZ]

THE CART JUST QUIT MOVING,I CAN HEAR SOMTHING RUNNING.WHERE ARE THE BRAKE DRUM/HUBS.
THANKS FOR REPLYING,CARTS OR NEW TO ME,BUT I HAVE BEEN A CHEVROLET TECH SINCE 1978 SO THIS SHOULD BE SECOND NATURE ONCE I UNDERSTAND THE BASICS.

 

[HotRodCarts]

Definitely sounds like a stripped hub. There's splines in the brake drum that slide onto the splined axle. When the drum strips the cart won't move.

 

[gornoman]

Each rear brake drum is also the rear hub. When the drum/hub is removed you can see the splined axle as shown here. The axle splines are tough as nails, the hub splines are much softer.