Recent content by jim smith

Thanks for the follow-ups, 2 and Kart. Nice website, KartFab (one must be careful not to reverse those 2 capital letters!); I followed your excellent video for cleaning the parts (see photo.) A drill press & wire brushes eased the task. The springs and buttons are here or on their way. The...

Thanks again. The bolt's out, but in case someone else has the same problem, here's how: it took more than a BFH (took me a minute to decipher that acronym). The bolt would only go out about 2 cm, then was stopped by the tightened chain. So I loosened the engine mounts, which slackened the...

I think I'm confusing things by using the wrong terms. Instead of 'inboard', 'outboard', 'inside', 'outside', let's say 'right hand' and 'left hand'. So: regarding snap rings, there is none on the right hand end of the bolt. The labelled images show the snap ring on the left hand end before I...

Many thanks for your prompt response. I apologize for providing inadequate information. I had put in the image of my Manco's driven pulley (the one on the left with the rusty shaft threads), in order to show the difference from the Ken-Bar Streaker assembly(on the right), which appears to be a...

Hi, I’m a newcomer to the site, so please let me know if this is not an appropriate place for asking for help. I have a 20 year-old Ken-Bar Streaker that needs repair or replacement of its Comet 30 driven pulley. The problem is that there isn’t a nut at the end of the jackshaft, as in my Manco...