Recent content by drichards

Ha! Yea sorry it's a confusing photo. I can get that side off easily, but the other side can't move. I think I'm to the point of just cutting the axle off and ordering a new one and just going with a standard live axle without the differential. The axle lock collars are completely frozen.

Thank you so much! Very helpful advice.

My son and I got an old Murray Explorer (I think) that we are restoring. The axle has a differential on it (see photo). The biggest issue has been removing the brake disks so we can seat a new brake caliper. The disks are basically fused onto the axle. So my thought was to remove the axle. My...

My boys and I just built one of the Azusa minibike kids. It was a lot of fun and works great except for the brakes. The brakes are frankly terrible. They don’t seem to work at all and I am pretty sure that we installed them correctly. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make them work? Is...

By the way, anyone have any idea what kind of go-kart this is? It has not name on it and I'm wondering if it was just something home-cooked. Thx.

Thanks so much! So the pucks just stay in place without being glued in place? I may need to get new ones then, as I'm not sure they are thick enough.

Thanks to everyone for the wealth of information on this site. I recently picked up an old go-kart from a friend to fix up with my two boys. It’s been a fun journey and we have learned a lot. I tried to take pictures of everything we disassembled so we could put it back together after ample...