New guy with a question

[conceptzrqt]

Here are a few pics of a frame I am designing/building for my 5 year old. It is not done yet as I still have to put in support pieces going up to the center bar and down to the center bar, I have to make a fiberglass nose piece and a battery tray. I have scaled it up for my other 2 kids (7 and 11) as well and will start a kart for them soon. I will be making them electric instead of gas. I also like to build street legal three wheelers so the kids take after me and want me to make their karts with three wheels instead of four, but for off road use I thinking about giving them four. I have designed a full front and rear suspension into them (not yet made) and as you can see by the pics, full cages just in case. I am running a disc brake in the rear with full lights.

So my question is, has anyone used a standard spindle (5/8 axle) on the front with any type of disc brake set up? be it home made or off the shelf? I have an idea to make up a hub that can use a rotor with a mechanical caliper on each spindle but if it is out there I dont want to reinvent the wheel. I want my kids to be as safe asI can get them. I tend to think that they are pretty advanced for their ages that is why I have no problems putting my 5 year old in a single seater by himself.

If anyone has any ideas or pics let me know please...

Thanks in advanced.

Seeya!
Todd

[robertdjung]

Here are a few pics of a frame I am designing/building for my 5 year old.

So my question is, has anyone used a standard spindle (5/8 axle) on the front with any type of disc brake set up? be it home made or off the shelf? I have an idea to make up a hub that can use a rotor with a mechanical caliper on each spindle but if it is out there I dont want to reinvent the wheel.


Are you set on front wheel brakes?

Yes, you can accomplish this. Just get a disc rotor that mounts up to the wheel hub. You'll need longer spindles, but I'll bet that would work.

[robertdjung]

I'm thinking something like this: from northern (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=24404&R=24404&storeId=6970&langId=-1&cm_ven=Performics&cm_cat=Performics&cm_pla=Performics&cm_ite=Performics) or this from bmi.. (http://www.bmikarts.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=413492&cat=1&itemid=1144&&thumbval=thumb&showFullImage=)

The northern rotor is for a live axle (no help). The bmi shows a wheel hub with a sprocket attached. My thought is that if you attached the rotor in the same manner but in place of the sprocket, you could accomplish front-wheel braking. Now, finding the rotor...

But if you're going to do off-road -- I'd just put a live axle on the back with either one, or two disc brakes (from the northern example).

Keep the photos coming, and welcome to the community!
(http://www.bmikarts.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=413492&cat=1&itemid=1144&&thumbval=thumb&showFullImage=)

[conceptzrqt]

Thanks guys, I will try to keep up as I go but I have over 15 other groups as well. I do pretty good keeping up on all of them, one more should not be to bad.

The reason I stopped the build in its current condition is because I used extra steel from my other build. And now my 7 year old wants me to get some more steel so I can start on his this next weekend. Ehh

I was under the impression that I should have brakes up front as well. I guess thats not so. I will not put much if any more thought into it. Once I get a few frames built I want to build a mini trophy/stadium truck for the kids. Complete with fiberglass fenders, hood, bed sides, spare tire mounted to the rear...


Thanks again.
Todd

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[jrjulien1]

wow i looked at some of the projects you did theyre awesome i especially like the RTQ because of its design i only have one question how would you make fiberglass bodies for something without a template or something to copy from