Recent content by jamessepck

Man you know you karts. I added the live axle and im pretty certain everything is in line. I dont know much about karts but i work on cnc machinery for a living so i was lucky enough to take the thing to the shop and run a dial indicator down all the shafts and axles to make sure they are lined...

Literally just got the kart finished and got my daughter to drive it a while so havnt reoiled but jt hasnt been ran for two hours either.

Well the kart still has 13” tires and im afraid since she will be riding in the yard and on a dirt trail i was afraid the bigger sprocket would be digging a furrow!

Alright guys ended up putting some heavier bolts and nuts on my jackshaft bearings and it held where it was supposed to. Let my daughter ride it in the yard and it did good. I do think the clutch is getting way too hot though. Actualy smoking! Should i may be looking into torque converters?

Sorry about the pics being turned, new to this! I see what your are saying guess i just wasnt thinking about that axle flexing. The chains arnt popping off but are making a popping sound which im aure would eventualy pop off. Thanks and it looks like i have some more fabricating to do!

So i came home from work and shifted the jackshaft and sprockets over as far as i could to shorten the run out on the free floating sode of the jackshaft. Lined everything up, tightened the chain, cranked it up, then it started jumping again now chain is loose. No sure where to go from here

Good stuff guys, i will give that a try after work today and see how it goes. Thanks so much. Will update later this evening

Checked the pitch on all sprockets. They are all 35s. Used a strait edge to lone up the sprockets but evidently im missing something

Hey guys, so i am very new to the whole go kart thing. Rebuild and old manco american cruiser for my daughters birthday and switched it to love axle. Added a jack shaft to keep the axle gear small because of the 13” tires. I have a 12 Tooth clutch going to 26t in and 10 out. Then to a 36t axle...

Sounds easy enough, thanks a million

Sorry for the weird placement, nee to this forum thing! Well as far as actually posting

Heres a pic of the rail the bearing will mount to. It will be right behind the band brake bracket. Also a pic of the pillow block I have ordered. Thanks guys.

Hi all, getting deeper into this rebuild of a manco American cruiser for my daughter. I am close to mounting the 1" pillow block bearings for the solid axle and am kind of stuck. I may be over thinking it but here we go, I will be mounting the bearings to the under side of the frame but I am...

With those 145/70s how wide should the rims be, its measuring 5” but im not seeing a 5” wide rim in 6” diameter. Seeing 4 1/2”s but no 5s

Thanks, im actually having a buddy of mine machine my axles and i have everything else ordered. I will give those places a look and see what i come up with. Thanks for the help