1984-05 Club Car DS - Long Steering Bellow
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Most caddies use a rack and rod-style steering box. There are many moving parts inside a box that needs to stay well lubricated to work correctly. All the internals get greased up at the factory, and most of the time, that's all they need. We would never discourage lubing when necessary, but as long as the Club Car DS Long Steering Bellows stay in place, there should be little to no maintenance needed for this item. When dust and other contaminate from the outside world make it into the inner workings, things will fail and grind to a halt.
If you have an older Club Car that falls between 1984 and 1996, you can use this golf cart steering bellow on both sides of the box. If you have a newer model between 1997 and 2005, you can use this on only one side. Give us a call today and get what you need coming from Buggies Unlimited as fast as possible.
The left one is real easy. Loosen the lug nuts on the wheel. Jack up the cart and remove the wheel. At the outer (small) end there will be either a nut or a snap-ring (horseshoe clip). Use a wrench (9/16" I think) to remove the nut. If it's a snap ring, use a snap-ring pliers (inexpensive tool) to remove it. (Hold your hand over the ring while removing it so it doesn't fly away. If the big end has a metal band with screw and nut, loosen it and pull the rest of the boot off. If it has a cable tie or other plastic band, just cut it. Clean off the "rack", the shaft/gear that goes into the boot. Get a tube of chassis grease at your local auto parts store. Put LOTS into the steering box and on the rack, and fill the boot about half full. The idea is that when the boot compresses (steering wheel fully to the right), it will force more grease into the steering box. Slide the boot on. Re-install the metal band or use a new cable tie. Put the nut or snap ring on.
For the right side, you will need to remove the tie rod that connects the steering box to the right wheel. Mostly the procedure is the same. Loosen the wheel. Jack up the cart. Remove the wheel. Remove the cotter pin and nut from the tie rod (at the wheel end). The tie rod end will not easily come out from the wheel hub. You will need a tie-rod-end-separator (also called a "pickle fork", available inexpensively from your auto parts store. Put it on the tie rod end and hit it really hard with a hammer a couple of times. Once it separates, unscrew the tie rod at the steering box end. Disassembly/reassembly is same as the left side. Use LOTS more grease. (You will be amazed at how much easier it is to steer the cart.) The length of the tie rod is adjustable. When you disassemble/reassemble the tie rod, take pains to keep the length the same. This centralizes the steering. If the steering wheel isn't centered when you drive straight, you can remove the outer end again and turn it in or out a turn or two as necessary.
This was a perfect fit for both sides of my 1992 Club Car DS.
The steering system uses two bellows. While steering, one bellows is compressing while the other is expanding. Also, while steering, one steering arm compresses the bellows more than it expands it (this is the "short" one) and the other bellows expands more than it compresses.
I expect original equipment bellows may have been two different lengths. However, "short" and "long" replacement bellows are somewhat of a misnomer. The actual physical length of the replacement bellows is the same. "Short" and "long" refers to the length of travel during steering rather than the actual length of the bellows.
Hope this helps.
I dont think so very snug fit on my club car
Hello Mr. Hoffman! The I.D.'s are 1 3/4" x 1/2"
