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Just to say fitted new wheels with bearings pillow blocks, new axle with welded bolts onto ends and got mechanic over the road to strengthen the welds with his MightyMig Its much faster now..... now they are demanding brakes!! Thank you all

Thank you both your advice is great: saves me a lot of money and pain! I have ordered the ebay wheels as a set of 4 for £22 and will change to a fixed axle, and weld the 8.8 bolts on The harbour freight style wheels are in the trailer wheels section of UK eBay and are bit out of my price...

Thanks for your help I would like a fixed axle and the wheels rotate: the axle I bought is a 16mm steel bar http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181308547442?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT So far the only wheels I found with bearings that would fit are...

Thanks David I'll make sure I get those pillow blocks Could I ask you about the back wheels? I got these ones: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141085618184?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT because they were bigger size but they are not very easy to attach to the axle (its...

Hi Guys thanks for asking, and actually you guys were pretty funny if I may say so I'm building a downhill racer for my kids: its got to be light because we are all small and light so I've used 20mm box section and welded it with my Clarke 90 MIG (first time welder) I've setup the steering...

Hi I haven't gone away I'm just getting some pics together of the kart cheers

OK you've lost me a bit there but good to be on the forum

Hi guys my plan is to finish building the frame using 20mm box section with my Mig, its designed round my son (he's 10) so its supposed to be light, I want to use as a downhill racer first then maybe put an engine on it I've set up the steering already and its works but I need to strenghten...

Hi there Kart builders I'm Simon from the UK - glad to be on the site, this is my first Kart build: its a death trap but I'm really enjoying it hopefully I can pick up a few good tips Cheers Simon