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Well, neighbors kart is still at the house and I am looking for brake pads. It is a Hammerhead Twister model um39111 vin ke0601707 with engine 6SHSS 0494 GA EM There are two pads in this caliper, both with a groove running down the middle. They measure 28mm long by 18.72mm wide. They are worn...

thought I would update this post before starting another about the brake pads....(hint....it needs brake pads and I can't find them to order) I finally found a new coil and when it came in it measured around 2-4 ohm on the secondary so question answered. it starts and runs fine now (after all...

My neighbor dropped off his kart for me to fix. It is a Hammerhead Twister model um39111 vin ke0601707 with engine 6SHSS 0494 GA EM. He said it worked when it was last parked of course. Long story short I get no spark. There is no CDI here, just a coil with a ground wire and what I suspect is...

I was just typing a big theory / response but it disappeared. To sum it up you hit the nail on the head, been looking in the wrong spot. I checked the throttle hitting full open with full application of the accelerator but didn't account for the governor wanting to close the throttle. I think...

Alright....I put my son on it, it got him moving but wouldn't turn around......I went out to push it back and decided to hop on the frame after I got it going. I could reach down and work the throttle blade by hand and the kart would drive just fine. Sounds like a governor problem to me. That...

after posting , i did a re-read of all the above so now i am confused again....dang.....ok, you say clockwise and another guy on youtube says clockwise. I have another person that says to adjust it by moving the throttle fully open, noting the way the arm moves. in my case it moves the shaft...

yea, I took the gee wiz a little personal so all cool now. I agree, something doesn't seem right. This is what happens when something should be easy but just isn't... So I have been reading and searching and here is what I have found - hold throttle blade wide open, loosen gov arm screw, rotate...

I understand how a governor works and my question about the home position had a purpose. This shaft did not return to any position when turned EVEN WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR SHAFT ATTACHED AT ALL MUCH LESS FREE. I thought I made that clear. It has been a LONG time since I have messed with a...

RENAME POST TO: Can running too rich cause a go kart not to move? Talk about can't see the forrest for the trees. I work on ALOT of mowers but this being my first kart it never occured to me it was anything but clutch issues and that was the sound of a kart engine. I took the bowl off the...

not stupid at all - heck, i welcome anything from anyone trying to help. So I went out and removed the gov. arm completely. The kart started right up and would idle with the idle screw. I had to work the throttle butterfly by hand of course but it sounded same as always, putter putter, no...

that makes even more sense but what is its natural position? It freely rotates and will stay where left. I just went out, took the gov. arm completely off and the shaft will rotate and has no 'home' position.

Yes, makes sense and just to clarify here is what I did. Loosen the screw on bottom of the governor linkage arm. Push top of the arm to the left, look inside carb to make sure throttle plate is fully open. Then I rotated the actual governor shaft fully left (counter clockwise) and tightened...

alright folks, still waiting on my video to show up on photobucket. I adjusted the governor linkage then it didn't want to start. I can hold the carburetor butterfly by hand and get it to start. Once started it didn't want to idle but I did a tap dance, kept the throttle going by hand then...

Darn it I was trying to adjust it while running but it was dragging me all over the place.... kidding but I had to :) That could be a lot of the problem because with wheel in the air I can move governor arm by hand and get more revs than by full foot throttle. Not close to over revving but a lot...

alright, i am officially out of ideas. I moved the linkage spring thing down to the #4 hole to the #2 hole, no change. drive wheel off the ground it will rev and spin the wheel I can put the drive wheel on the ground standing beside the kart, push the gas to the floor and it will rev enough to...