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I finally had some time to start working on this. I removed half of the existing brake caliper. It appears that to take the other half of the caliper off that some additional steps need to happen. What is the best way to accomplish this? Am I missing something because I think the rear axle...

Yes, it was out in the Ocotillo Wells area. We don't need brakes often but when we do some climbs the coming back down can be dicey. I took a couple of pics of the caliper last night. It looks identical to that one on gokartsupply.com so I'll probably go that route.

I just started to dig into it. Last night we took off the plastic cover to see what we were dealing with. The whole caliper was loose in the bracket so I tightened that up. Did a quick test ride and it didn't make any difference. I'm not sure how to tell visually if the pads are good or not...

I'm sure I could shop around some but I'd gladly pay extra just so I don't have to listen to my son asking me every 60 minutes if I found a way to fix his brakes. :)

Thanks Hellion. Those links will be really helpful. I believe the mechanical brake caliper in the first link is what I have. I'll double check and order that if it is just to start fresh. Thanks for you help!

Thanks, I'll get some pictures of the brakes posted this evening.

Hello everyone I recently bought my son a Manco Magnum express 606 go kart. It has a brand new Predator 212 cc engine in it. It runs good but the brakes don't do a thing. When I was looking online for fixes I discovered this site. I already found a few suggestions on things to check and...