Recent content by huttronics0001

thanks mike, it seems like top and bottom have there pros and cons. but i already welded so i'll stick with the top, just trying to find a better tensioner still, i have school coming though=(

that is a very very good point porsche930dude, i know what your saying but with the solution do you mean bottom side of the belts (bellow engine), or inside of the belts? thank you by the way

your idea you posted on the other thread is what inspired me, if i get it working i'll be sure to post a video on my youtube and send everyone a link

i thought he meant use the skateboard wheels as my gokart wheels, now that i reread i realize i was wrong, i'm just trying to go up in diameter, not down, a skateboard wheel wont do the trick =( but maybe a larger similar type of wheel

i actually would try that, however your sarcasm is unwanted here. thats impossible a wheel of that size could not support an axle or have a spoket small enough for it

i probably could do that, i think i may have torque problems even in 1st, smaller tires would be the trick if i can find cheap ones that are skinny enough so they wont hit my frame, also i cant really find more flat belt tensioners, any ideas of what type of machine i could salvage one from?

it slides easily, well not right now, i have it welded in place until i get a bigger one.

yeah i need to replace the idler pulley, when the other belts are on the rod hits them, but a larger pulley would fix the problem.

pictures are here...

I need a larger tensioner pulley so that the rod it is on doesnt hit the other belts while i tension one.

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?p=109328#post109328 i started a new thread on the subject. pictures will come soon.

With inspiration from this thread, http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7915&page=5 I have started my own 3 speed belt tensioner system for my gokart. i have a single tensioner on a swinging and sliding arm to tension any pulley at has to at one time and built a stick shift to operate...

i am able to get 3 pulleys on my engine shaft, before i had a tractor tranny but now i have a jackshaft. I built a tensioning mechanism and a stickshift in the process of attaching them together. but taking a few days to clear my head, 3, 8 hour days in a row was too much.

my tires are 22" the biggest i've ever heard of on a kart, i had trouble getting torque but that was with a 4 to 1 ratio which is even pushing it with small tires, 8 to 1 would be pretty good but the fact that you have a jackshaft complicates things, what drives the jackshaft? a belt? what are...

very very slow