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I have heard of multiple way of seating a tire bead. which way do you do it? I took off tires from 2, 1 piece rims i have and have put new tires on them, but dont know how i can seat the beads. i have used the starter fluid method before, when the bead fell off on just 1 side. how would you...

i was thinking of using only the rim piece to replace 2, 1 piece rims i have. i have some decent tires that are 13" that i can use, i just dont have any rims. http://www.harborfreight.com/material-handling/pneumatic-tires/4-inch-x-13-inch-white-hub-pneumatic-tire-67424.html I have heard that...

its not a bike but it does have 2 wheels. its a motorized scooter. i was wondering if anyone has any knowledge on what it takes to swap one of these motors out. could you use a motor from stuff like line trimmers, or back pack blowers? or what kind of engines could you use?

I have a fixed axle setup, i included a picture. today, i got the kart to run and after a few hours, the nut that i had on the bolt came off which made the wheel fall off as well. when i tighten the nut hard enough, it presses on the bearing and doesnt let the wheel roll. what type of nut or...

finished the kart today, picked up a 212cc, predator engine, had to get new throttle cable, i just ran down to walmart and bought bike brake cable and it hooked right up. the brake and gas work now and do return to the starting position. when you speed up the front does lift just enough to...

question about rear drive setup.edited, added the pics I have a question, my drive setup is a dead axle, the drive side axle is shorter then the non drive side. I dont know if that makes too much sense, i included pics to see if it helps explain. the frame itself is shorter on the left then...

I am thinking of painting the kart i have right now.is there certain types of paint i should buy, or can i just go out to a home depot or lowes, and basically choose what color i want? or should i go to a painters store, like a sherman williams? sorry for all the newb questions

i have a few of these bearing that have a small ring around them. are they snap rings, or retaining rings? i know some bearings have snap rings, but dont they have a small hole so you can pinch the ring closed? these do not. what is the ring used as or for? sorry, if its not very visible. the...

I do know for a fixed axle setup you use a dual flange hub to connect the tire and the sprocket and put that over got fixed axle. For all the non Drive wheels do you need single flange hubs? Only the opposite tire of the drive wheel has one currently, it's shorter the the dual flange hub but...

i noticed online that harbor freight switched over from greyhound engines to predator engines, last year. found some info, but now since its a year later. i wondered if there is anyone who has purchased one recently and thinks they are good, or bad engines. i did see that the price for one went...

I have a kart that has been put off being finished for a long time now. it is kinda long and i wondered if it is even a good idea to shorten it up a bit. anyone think there is an easy way to do this? something that doesnt involve a lot of cutting and welding? or should i just leave it the way...

the long break is because I got fed up with the tapered shaft on my 13 hp engine and I was strapped for cash when It came to buying a new crankshaft. So I am going to put in a 5hp briggs engine that I have laying around which, I thought had seized up. After opening her up I found the engine was...

well the engine I have will turn on if its at full throttle but if, while its running I try to make it idle it shuts off within seconds. I am not sure what is causing this problem but any help would be appreciated.

this is my engine that I am trying to hook a killswitch to. I am wondering how to do this. not sure if the pictures help much. does anyone know how to do this? I bet this gets asked a lot so sorry in advance.

is there an adapter for a tapered shaft to turn it into a straight one? since this is a 13 hp engine the shaft is 1 inc and i think goes down to 3/4" but a clutch wont work on the a tapered shaft is there anyway to fabricate something to make this work? i did find this page that shows one guy...

was looking through some threads and saw the words member map. How do I get to this said map? or is it not in use anymore?

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i bought 3 engines one is 5hp, i think the others are 3hp got them cheap they seem to run but i need some help figuring out what model they are.One can run but is missing a fuel line and another might be clogged and havent tried the third one. they are all briggs and stratton engines one is red...

A little more than a year ago it was the summer before last I was at a friends house and there was a lowes being built up on top behind the building was a housing development and a small trail inbetween the lowes and houses we went through it and saw this trike we thought nothing of it at the...

My lil' kart project. (Updated pics on bottom of page) this is just pictures from google sketchup but so far it looks somewhat to scale and uses 1" square tubing may change that but this is just as a reference point. me and two friends are looking to make a group of go-karts and run havoc...