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Yeah, but then you miss out on that exciting thunderclap as your back door slams shut.

Nice compliment for you there, partsguy. Black shows everything, requires the most skill for a great finish.

You got swirl on raw metal with a spinning pencil?

It's a fact that oil leaks freely from really bad gasketing (or seals), but you need to know if that's the case when it's parked and cold or when it's running. Are you certain there was no leak before it reached 193-degrees F.? I can huff and puff enough to bypass any seal with a...

Warren F. Scott FitZevon was called "Excitable Boy". Wish I could get that excited enough myself to knock out that much work that fast, excellent prep job so far. Shall I assume there were power tools involved? What kind of contact material did you use in advance of that fine sandpaper you were...

Think my eyebrows must have just popped loose from how high up they jumped when I saw that nearly an inch thick steel tube. Obviously the 1-1/4" must be the I.D., since there wouldn't be any I.D. if that was the O.D. like usual. :huh: :ROFLMAO::cornut:📐🔍✏️

Ever heard of KartFab? Here's a free set of plans from them, might be helpful for you to get a clearer idea of what you need to do................ Go Kart Plans - Two Seat Go Kart (kartfab.com)

Now I can see the slumposis of the front of the kart, in the middle picture of original post, missed it before. Take a look at the slumposis on the kart in this video, and you may decide there's nothing at all wrong with yours........Why I Run Negative Camber On the Drift Go-Kart - YouTube.

What did you use? Small wire cup in a drill? I'd like to try something like that, just more uniform. I've seen gold leaf twisted circular with just a bare thumb that looked really great (Ryan at Count's Customs), especially after the clearcoats, but raw metal is another skill altogether. Will...

About those lock collars................ The solid ones with a setscrew or two should all be melted down for scrap. The "split" collars that are split in only one place are decent, but still require you to R&R everything on the axle to put them on or to R&R them later. I won't use anything but...

With no idea what you have in the way of tools and skills, here's a few of the most basic and least expensive items I can find that you will likely need, that almost everyone here has or has a better version of them and knows how to use................... Ironton ARC80 Stick Welder with TIG...

The Lowe's rims don't specify what the bolt circle measurement is, so if you can't measure for it yourself, don't waste time, money, shipping, and whatever hair you can pull out in frustration. The BMI hubs have a 2.8125" bolt circle for a 5/8" spindle. If you use them, pay the extra $1 each for...

Lucky you. My 3rd row seat popped right out, but it's taking up almost half the space in my walk-in closet.

Those hubs' bearings stick out 1" past the "center" plate on the bolt side (2" on the inside), and will also need enough spindle outside for the axle nut. The new rims you get will require figuring for their centerline offset (if any) in figuring where the tires would hit at max steering...

Congrats on fitting that thing into an SUV. I have a van and can't fit my kart in it. What'd you do with the rear seats?

I wouldn't be surprised to find out those 4-armed things just behind the tierods are the faucet handles out of my old apartment's bathtub. What that splice in the frame across the rear is for I can't imagine. Same with those 2 sleeves on the front. Do those pedals slide through those sleeves...

Thanks a lot. Now it's stuck in my head. How much torque am I getting out of my 15+hp. Predator hemi 212 that came out of the box at 6.5hp. with 8.1 ft./pounds of torque. Now I'm going to create a migraine for myself trying to math out what the torque is now. Think it's more than that 150...

:idea2: Ding! The light bulb just came on. What's easiest to see and comprehend in only a split second glance at imminent death speed? ANALOG METERS!!! A fluorescent orange needle at a 45-degree angle to the right (for example) can be burnt onto your retinas in a microsecond, and immediately...

So it made a tiger-striped adorable puppy/cat! Absolutely super cute pup. BTW, here's your parade.................... :thumbsup: :cornut::banana::smartass::cheers2::wai:

Had to look at a pic of my current kart to shake the cobwebs loose, brain was stuck. Full weight of rearend rests on the outside axle bearings. Zzzzzzzzzduhhhhhh. I would say though that an extra pair of bearings sandwiching the diff is still a good idea. My kart has 4 pillow block 1" bearings...