Recent content by Booze_Rooster

Finally heard back from OMB. Turns out I was chasing the wrong thing. The shaft I have has threaded ends and steps up at the bearing. I wasn't even thinking about a live jackshaft with a full keyway. Found one of their 3/4 kits of the correct length- comes with bearings. Whad'ya know.

Yep, and I've been plugging those numbers into every bearing lookup site I can. No results or always one dimension slightly off. What I'm really getting at here is- if this is an available "builder part", then shouldn't the associated bearings be readily available? Kind of disappointed that...

Hey guys, my search efforts turned up nothing helpful. I am sprucing up my used and abused Predator 420. I got it from a buddy who bought it from a guy- so parts are modified, chopped off, missing etc. Which leaves me with little to go on. I had an ebay special 40 series torque converter on it...

Hey guys. Getting a go kart ready for a weekend trip. Had more frame repairs to do than initially thought which left less time to go through the engine. Used predator 420 from a buddy's kart. PO who sold the kart to my buddy had previously modified the throttle linkage. My buddy messed with it...

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Hey guys, I need some help here. I picked up what appears to be the oldest and most abused "Spider 200" style go kart in New England. Got it for a screaming deal. Naturally that means I overpaid and am now swamped with a pile of issues. Trying to have it ready for a camping/karting trip up in...

Found some decent axle kits on ebay for between 100 and 150 bucks. Most of them come with a variety of sprockets and brakes. You have to hunt around to find one with the combo you want. A buddy of mine pulled the trigger on a 1" thick 44" axle and we installed the thing last weekend. Decent...

Too late now since you've been running it, but if an engine ever tips like that long enough for oil to collect in the combustion chamber, you should yank the plug, lay a shop towel over the spark plug hole and turn the engine over a few times to force the bulk of the oil out of the chamber...

I'm already planning to use parts from GPS to convert it to the same struts, brakes and wheels as my buddy. That way we can carry the same spare parts between us and fix anything that breaks out in the woods rather than mickey mousing the "boutique" components of my obscure rig. I just want to...

I found the steering kit on Amazon. It's an aftermarket Pro Bat kit, not original

It's a one of the old Kandi or Tao Targa style 200 Buggies. It has a Yonghe GY6 and an odd master cylinder I can't find a picture of online

Well I don't mean to hijack a thread but I'm having trouble IDing my kart. Can't ask for help if I don't know where to start. It's one of the "Spider 200" style frames Kandi, Tao Tao (Targa) and Coleman now sell but I can't find pictures or confirmation of any of the parts on mine to tell me...

No discernable VIN and doesn't exactly match any other similar style of go kart. Been trying to figure it out for a few days. Any experts in the crowd?

I'm ripping out my miserable GY6 and slapping in a 420. The GY is about as much fun as sitting in a library. Zero thrill, all sound.

Lived outside, dity oil. Belches smoke on startup, fouled plug, valve seats are leaking. Not worth rebuilding a scooter engine in my mind, doing a 420 swap and new rear axle/swing arm build. Runnings is far superior to TS. TS is a lemonade stand compared to Runnings. They sell EVERYTHING and...