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Thanks Robert for the reply. Yeah, I've always been one that wants to know the "Why" when something happens. I'm gonna wait till I get the Chicarb on and see how it runs before I tear into the old carb. I'm gonna try not to destroy it but often when they have cross drilled ports they are...

Thanks for the ideas. A bit happened since posting the other day. The original carb was in similar shape as the one you mentioned. As I posted, there are some inaccessible ports that can get clogged. I put a new fuel pump diaphragm in the carb rebuild and all appeared to be fine in there, no...

So.....restoring an old flathead from Dec. 1988. These were common on some of the early small mini bikes. This one was left out by the neighbor for the G-man and I decided to try and bring it back to life. It had a badly pitted intake valve so bought a new one and lapped it and the old...

NAPA or Advanced or most automotive stores will have or can get 1" ID Walker Flex Tubing. dg

Good call T.D. Put bread on the table for a good portion of my adult live by welding and that's always been a no, no rather take a lot of precaution if you had to weld plated metal. I just finished up a Cyclekart last year and some of the cross members were made from 3"x1"x .063" purlins that...

Redflash.....the spoiler!!! Hope that makes you fell important!

Well flash, twelve bucks for UPS to deliver it to my door saves me.....and this guy that was having a hard time finding a length of the proper 1.25" tubing from spending the day and a tank of gas driving around the city looking for a source. If you've got a Metal Mart close by, then.... you be...

I deal a lot with McMaster Carr, great people to do business with. Over the past month or so I've bought all of the steel tubing for the three vintage style go karts that I'm building. This page should give you any size low carbon steel round tube from .035 wall on up. More than adequate for...

Yep, nothing or no one anywhere around me to go by so I've had to reverse engineer the whole kart. Haven't messed with them since the very early 60's. Yes, the pitman arm has multiple holes, for to experiment with. Set up a wooden bench test dummy and the cross over steering attachment at the...

Think I had that first time out, that is a bunch of toe in. First run I just eye balled the toe in just to give the kart it's first run after working on it for two months. It was super bad if I remember correctly, that's when I immediately shut her down and put a ruler on it adjusting it...

Just finished up a my Alley Kat copy last month and.....well, it's really twitchy!!!! As ya'll know, once the welds are made on one of these, you're pretty limited as far as front end alignment goes. I set it up with 7° KPI and 7° Caster, toe in is the only thing that's adjustable on these old...

Not the answer I was looking for Robert,. but thanks anyway for the response. What I was talking about, was, the hubs that we use on the Cyclekarts is bored in side about half way thru at 1" to fit the main axle and the outer half is bored 3/4" to pilot over the threads. You slip the hub on...

Tires are starting to come in. Got a set of two 13x5.0-6 yesterday and the full set of four 15x6.0-6 should be here by Monday. Now....all I need is for GoPower to fill the order and get the wheels out to me. Appears from the vague description on their site, that the rear 1" drive wheel has to...

I think I've bought them there also Rocke......this time round, absolute best prices were on Amazon. dg

missed your calling EZ, should of been a comic. dg

Yeah, I'm sticking with Carlisle tires, have had them on all the mowers I've had for the last 40 years and never had a problem with them. Chinese made look-a-likes are cheaper but I stay away from as much of that Chinese cloned crap as I can. HF......yep, saw a guy try them on a go kart and 10...

Ok guy, looks like I'm getting a green light for both my questions. Thanks for the answers. Denny G Sandwich, IL

Aha, you're a Denny also?? Tks for replying. Yep, I've been to all of the vendors, have been dealing with them for about a decade since I got started in the Cyclekart hobby. But the question is, how well will a Carlisle Turf-Saver tire with a speed rating 'A', being meant for a lawn tractor...

Okey dokey.....been searching the net and the archives for weeks....can't seem to find a straight forward definitive answer to my question about wheels and tires. Lots of chatter but......... So here's the problem. I just finished scratch building a vintage rear engine go kart which I've...