ACEGOLFCARTGUY
Cartaholic
I recently installed a Jakes 5" lift kit on my 2004 EZGO and barely have 30 miles on it. When I was out road testing the cart today, the tie rod snapped as I was turning it around. Thankfully the lift kit failed at low speed or else it could have hurt!
Jakes gets a lot of praise for quality but I dont see where its at. They go cheap on the long travel(improper use of heim joints, low quality coil overs) and cheap on their drop axles. IMO the drop axle kit should come with a longer tie rod because the lift kit axle is wider than the stock axle. Instead they have you adjust the short stock tie rod(drag link) all the way out to where there are almost no threads left. As proved on my cart this isnt a safe idea. Please tell me I am doing something wrong and they at Jakes aren't really expecting this to be acceptable.
Jakes gets a lot of praise for quality but I dont see where its at. They go cheap on the long travel(improper use of heim joints, low quality coil overs) and cheap on their drop axles. IMO the drop axle kit should come with a longer tie rod because the lift kit axle is wider than the stock axle. Instead they have you adjust the short stock tie rod(drag link) all the way out to where there are almost no threads left. As proved on my cart this isnt a safe idea. Please tell me I am doing something wrong and they at Jakes aren't really expecting this to be acceptable.