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Looking more and more at this axle and thinking about it, I feel like you could design a locking mechanism fairly easily. Assume you have the main drive gear fixed to the diff body. Then if you could make two cup-shaped objects that could slide over the whole diff casing, and lock into the sides...

Hey says in the video that the right way to do it is to connect the gear to the center of the diff directly. Driving just one axle would still work for non-off-road, non-fun-based vehicles. Like an electric powered vehicle that moves around inside a smooth warehouse floor.

Here's an intersting video talking about that diff if anyone else is searching and finds this thread:

I didn't get notifications from the 6th or 7th. And I only just came back to this thread because I was on craigslist and I found this crazy little goofy 3-wheeler thing form the 70s that has a differential. It's more or less just what I'm looking for, a chain driven diff. I also googled Pearless...

Pretty much all it does is sit. It's more of an odd shaped table than vehicle. Still I'd like to have it run though.

So what causes rust in a fuel tank? Is it just a natural thing that will happen with every metal tank? Or does it only happen when water gets in there? Like maybe I gassed up a few too many times while it was snowing out and over time the water built up? If that's the case, is it best to run the...

Is this a thing? I have a Manco Dingo so it's a simple solid axle with a giant gear on it. As we all know, a solid axle with knobby tires will very quickly make a mess of any surface you're driving on. But with an open diff, I might be able to drive across the lawn once in a while without...

If you're referring to the hitch, I used to use that a lot 20ish years ago but i have since removed it. I live in a state with almost no ORV legal trails so pretty much this thing is just a toy to screw around the streets during a blizzard with now. BUT that said, I might weld on a 1.25"...

My old go kart is about 20 years old. I've been having lots of carb problems lately and one of the reasons is most likely the amount of rust in the gas tank. I shined a light in there and it was just filled with rust. So I need to replace it but they are shockingly expensive. And who wants a...

That is a very deatiled manual that I'm definitely keeping a copy of. However, despite all the detail, it does not have a diagram of the intake gaskets :( It does seem a little strange that there's no diagram anywhere. I get that you're supposed to just look at the old gaskets when replacing...

The original is long gone and I most likely would have peeled the gaskets off and then put the carbs in a scrap metal bucket. I have been googling around at these carbs and they all seem to come with the exact same three gaskets, but i cannot find a single diagram that says definitively which...

The carb I'm replacing is not the original. I assume I matched the gaskets on there now with the originals but who knows for sure. Also which hole is the bowl vent hole?

A and B are the two sides of the same carb. I believe B is the side that faces the engine and A is the side that faces the air filter And these gaskets are the same shapes of the gaskets that came with the previous carb too.

Ok I got myself another new carb for all of $14. Before I install, I want to make sure i'm putting the gaskets on correctly. Since the carb installed now is a replacement, I can't know for sure that it's gaskets are installed correctly. Can anyone tell by looking for sure which way they're...

Well, screw goes in, the 'lever' the screw is in goes out. It doesn't seem like an idle-related problem at all. As far as cleaning the carb, no I have not done that. It is a new carb and i have never successfully cleaned a carb without ruining it before which is why I haven't tried taking this...

I tried messing with the idle screw today, no effect. Even with it as far out as it goes, as soon as I flip the choke off, it instantly dies out. Also running away with the choke on.... is never something this engine has done in 20 years or something any other engine I've ever owned has done...

Here's another video where I move the choke from Full to Half. Right in the middle of that is where it revs away. At half or less, it dies.

You'd think boiling lemon juice would smell nice, hrm Anyway, I was messing around with the kart today. I didn't take the carb off, I was mainly changing the oil and replacing the broken starter rope. There is lots of sea foam in the now nice fresh gas so I started it up and let it run for a...

Believe me, if I had a good place to bring my small engines, I would. But here in the suburbs, we don't really have many places. Just some random signs for lawnmower and snow blower repair stapled to telephone poles. That's a little too iffy for me, I'd rather take my own changes. And regarding...

After about 20 years of running really well, my Manco Dingo's engine started running poorly. It was clearly carb problems and rather than clean it and probably break it, I just bought a new one. I've had very good luck buying cheap ebay carbs for lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc. I've had other...