Genes1s`
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Hey guys....
New to the forum, but been lurking here for awhile.
My 5 years old son has been on "boosted" power wheel for 2 summers and although he likes the drifting part of it, he said that he wanted it to try "real" go kart, so after debating it to the wife and talked to several folks whose kids ran cadet cart, I decided not to get him the real gas go kart, instead I got him this rare Minimoto Electric Cart for $80. It was non running, with several missing plastic parts but tires are new, batteries are new, and the chassis are straight, with good brakes also.
Since then, I thoroughly cleaned it, got it to run on scooter controller, and found few plastic body parts from Craigslist cheap. Rattled can it and my son is a happy little man.
my little guy is still too short to reach the pedal, so my plan is to actually get a small/cadet size real go kart seat and welded few nuts so that the seat can be adjusted. If you guys know where to get those, i'd appreciated a link/website.
So far, the throttle works, the brake works that it cuts of the power when the brake pedal is pressed. The reverse isn't working, the training mode isn't working ( basically low and high speed mode), and charging mode and fuses are not hooked up. I'm working on these issue, along with adding remote kill switch just incase.
The steering system has been bugging me, it's got wheel bearing but knuckle to spindle has no trust bearings and rely on friction. The more you tighten the king pin nut, the tighter the knuckle turns.
My son has to really crank the steering wheel to turn the tires and I think this is safety issue if he has to do that. When I'm on it, it is pretty stiff/tight too, so either the joints are not greased and/or too much friction. Not sure what do to with this, probably will take it apart and reduce all the play and installed trust bearing on the pivot joints. Installing a bigger steering wheel might help also. I also feels like I can modify the steering linkage a little for less effort.
New to the forum, but been lurking here for awhile.
My 5 years old son has been on "boosted" power wheel for 2 summers and although he likes the drifting part of it, he said that he wanted it to try "real" go kart, so after debating it to the wife and talked to several folks whose kids ran cadet cart, I decided not to get him the real gas go kart, instead I got him this rare Minimoto Electric Cart for $80. It was non running, with several missing plastic parts but tires are new, batteries are new, and the chassis are straight, with good brakes also.
Since then, I thoroughly cleaned it, got it to run on scooter controller, and found few plastic body parts from Craigslist cheap. Rattled can it and my son is a happy little man.
my little guy is still too short to reach the pedal, so my plan is to actually get a small/cadet size real go kart seat and welded few nuts so that the seat can be adjusted. If you guys know where to get those, i'd appreciated a link/website.
So far, the throttle works, the brake works that it cuts of the power when the brake pedal is pressed. The reverse isn't working, the training mode isn't working ( basically low and high speed mode), and charging mode and fuses are not hooked up. I'm working on these issue, along with adding remote kill switch just incase.
The steering system has been bugging me, it's got wheel bearing but knuckle to spindle has no trust bearings and rely on friction. The more you tighten the king pin nut, the tighter the knuckle turns.
My son has to really crank the steering wheel to turn the tires and I think this is safety issue if he has to do that. When I'm on it, it is pretty stiff/tight too, so either the joints are not greased and/or too much friction. Not sure what do to with this, probably will take it apart and reduce all the play and installed trust bearing on the pivot joints. Installing a bigger steering wheel might help also. I also feels like I can modify the steering linkage a little for less effort.
That is one lucky 5yr old. Who has more fun you building it or him riding it!
