Recent content by orndog

Could the use of ethanol in fuel cause this problem? In the very least it will make it worse, since ethanol loves water, any fuel left in the bowl will over time evaporate and leave water behind. I keep a can of non-ethanol in my garage for my mowers and the kart.

Ok, here are the final pics. I hope this is smooth enough. It runs like a champ.

I have the driving pulley (terminology...) pretty darn smooth. I sure wish I had a wheel for my air compressor at this point. How does one remove the driven pulley to get to the surfaces? edit: I found the article on here that covers driven clutch maintenance. I will try spreading it apart to...

Ok, here are some pictures. Any comments/ advice appreciated! I am going to try to do some more sanding. As I feared the belt has frayed a bit just from a couple of laps around the yard.

People thought I was crazy for noticing.

I'll have to check them out as well. Thanks :thumbsup:

Either I missed half of your post or it got edited lol, so I will finish responding. Everything runs and pulls fine, and I'm pretty sure it's all stock. I posted a pic in the noob thread of the kart itself, but when I take the thing apart again I will post pics of the guts and pulley faces...

I see what you're saying, and that explains why all the kits I found were 6"... crud Maybe I'll just try polishing up my current pulleys for now. Thanks again for the info!

Here's part of a hat I got from a vendor... something is not quite right...

augidog, I saw that page, but... why no "kit"? I guess I am just conditioned to look for full solutions and good deals.

Let's see if I can do a pic of my find... So far I have money in: carb kit (total loss) new carb new belt Needs, I think, a new pulley set as mine is kind of pitted (anybody know of a good 30 I can buy?)

I was asking as I found a kit on sale cheap, but it was 6" only. So today I learned 2 things: 1) Stick with 7", thanks to lots of good information 2) Find a supplier that sells quality parts. After reading this forum and looking more closely, my great deal appears it might just be junk. Now to...

According to Dave at gopowersports "smaller driven pulley takes away a little on the low end and gives you a little more top speed", so you are in agreement, but in my mind that still seems backwards. Unless both pulleys change and not just the driven? Either way, for a kart that my son and I...

I am new to karts, sorry for the noob question. I think my kart could use new parts as mine are pretty corroded and will therefor most likely eat up my new belt (even after sanding, they are pitted). I currently have a 7" driven, but have seen the 6" on sale, what difference would this make to...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004I42LGA/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details I bought that for the Tecumseh on my Yerf. I bought a kit to try to fix my old carb but it didn't work out too well for me. This thing works beautifully.