Brake question

[ststock23]

I recently bought a kart off ebay. 2 seater, older engine, nothing fancy. It has no brakes. I've researched a bit but can't seem to find a solution. There are no wheel hubs, only a cotter pin holds the wheel on the axel. Same for the sprocket. Whats the best way to add brakes to this cart? Thanks for any and all advise.20

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[robertdjung]

I've heard of people using a disc brake and using the sprocket as the caliper. I didn't believe it, so I tried it on the mini chopper I built. It works. I'll bet it's not the safest thing, and I can't say you will have a positive result, I can just speak to my personal experience.
http://www.diygokarts.com/chopper-plans/brake-throttle.html

[jrjulien1]

assuming that your axle is totally covered with that piece of tube you would have to do what robert said or cut some of that covering off and put a disc brake on the axle {drum brake would be much harder to install} and you would have to find a way to mount your caliper on the frame somewheres


hope this helps

[Lead Foot]

disk brake on the axel would not help, I think he has bearings in rear wheels.