# Gem won't start. Need help!
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659
**Category:** GEM Forum
**Created:** [June 16, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659 "2021-06-16T02:55:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/42 "2021-06-18T14:28:39Z")
Cool. That should give me time to fix the busted axle.
I have a new half-shaft, I just need to get an old hub turned down a bit so that it fits inside the disc brakes.
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/43 "2021-06-18T14:29:51Z")
BTW - if it happens it happens. No biggie either way.
I have more in new mechanical parts on there than what I can sell it for because the fiberglass looks kind of shitty.
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### Author:  [@Magyver97](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Magyver97)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/44 "2021-06-22T00:24:13Z")
Wow I have the same problem
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### Author:  [@colinpiche](https://community.electricforum.com/u/colinpiche)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/45 "2024-01-23T00:24:37Z")
I’ve got the exact same problem, but my gem still has the original schott charger. Is the initial 12v signal once the key comes on supposed to come from the dc/DC conv p3 blue wire to activate the timer or the green wire coming from the charger?
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### Author:  [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/46 "2024-01-23T11:29:43Z")
12v to key is from dc converter.
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### Author:  [@Fickle\_Hobbyist](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Fickle_Hobbyist)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/47 "2026-07-21T17:31:03Z")
5 years later, this information proved to be the most useful information I had found. I’ve been struggling for days to get my cart to work. This right here was the answer! Thank you! New relay will be here tomorrow!
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/48 "2026-07-23T04:58:37Z")
> [@JarJarJava](#):
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> I’ll make you a good deal on an '02 w/ lots of upgrade parts…
> (forklift not included
Good times gone by…
This was what i got for not listening to my own repair advice…
I must find that photo.
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-wont-start-need-help/21659/49 "2026-07-24T03:29:52Z")
Yeah, get 'er done! Cant see it very well, but if you look at the front left wheel, you can kind of see it is a bit wonky. i was turning into the parking lot at work. Good thing my forklift wasnt built by the same assclowns as the gem.
The pos drivers side fw hub failed during a turn, causing the lower suspension arm to grab asphalt when the wheel folded up and in.
I think i may have actually set part of the fiberglass shell abaze at some point a few months later
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