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    Chain making a popping sound /slipping on jackshaft setup

    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...
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    Mounting Pillow Blocks

    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...
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    Rims for live axle

    Hi all, i was wondering what all options I have for rims to fit a 1” live axle. Bought and older manco american cruiser to redo for my daughter and am converting it to live axle. The previous owner had just purchased new tires for the kart before he parked it so i wanted to use them if i could...
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    Axle setup question

    Hi all, i am new to karting and just recently acquired an american cruiser kart from a fellow employee. Im trying to fix this thing up for daughter who is 10. It looks like the guy had takin the original jackshaft off and ran it strait from clutch to axle which was like a 3:1 ratio! Wonder why...
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    Hi from, NC

    Just joining from NC. Working on a kart for my daughter, questions coming soon!
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