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Doing the same. Look forward to the benefits.

FA: sorry for pestering. How far apart are the tie rod holes on your pitman arm plate? And how far are those holes from the steering shaft? I am going to experiment with different plates with a few different tie rod hole positions. Thanks.

Awesome build, nice job. I will be fabricating my own 2-hole Pitman arm plate to bolt on to my current pitman arm welded on my steering shaft. Are you running 72v? What kind of top speed are you getting? my setup and measurements are very close to yours, hope the new Pitman plate will do...

this guy does a nice job and answers my question. And I love his modeling device. See minute 7. with a front facing tie rod setup, angling the spindles arms inward will make the Ackermann geometry worse. Meaning that angle on the spindle arm will cause the outer tire turning radius to...

Functional Artist: thanks for the response and the video. The video is exactly what I need. My setup is very similar to yours. We electrified an older cart and the rear motor assembly, wheel/tire and live axle looks almost identical to yours (except we are running only 48v at present)...

awesome. I follow and the implication is that with front facing spindle arms, the arms need to be angled OUT by the Ackermann angle to achieve a similar, but not exact, result as I would get with backward facing spindle arms angled IN. I can build the axle and spindles to ensure proper...

So? Have you answered the question or gone nuts? Perhaps both? I have gone nuts with the same question, see here: https://www.diygokarts.com/community/threads/improving-steering-geometry-with-reverse-ackermann-setup.46446/

The kid's kart has the tie rods ahead of the axle (so the spindle arms face forward). Getting way too much "scrubbing" at low speed turns. Current setup: no tire toe-out or toe-in; spindle/steering arms are at 90 degrees to the axle; the Pitman arm is single hole centered. I consider these...

thanks again. God bless Amazon, the switch came in one day. Yes, totally unclear as to how to connect this thing. Thanks for the heads up on those terminal screws. Saved me a lot of head scratching.

great feedback and suggestions over here: https://www.diygokarts.com/community/threads/electronic-regen-type-braking.45416/

Nice. Got it and the order is in. thanks so much.

Awesome, thanks gents. EZ: not clear how that spring switch gets 1) attached to the brake pedal and 2) wired back to the brake connector on the speed controller. Any advice would be appreciated.

Is there a technique and/or products to neatly connect the "brake" connector on the speed controller to the brake pedal so the motor cuts out when the brake is applied? This is integrated nicely with electric scooter hand brake levers and was hoping for something similar with floor foot brake...

What an awesome thread and project. Quick question on wiring the mechanical brake into the speed controller. If you already showed this, apologies for having missed it. Is there a technique and/or products to neatly connect the "brake" connector on the controller to the brake pedal so the...