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anyway to put some sort of chain guard on a setup like this? I'm a little nervous about all this exposed chain and sprockets and my 8 year old son. Thanks for any ideas. -Allen

Thanks Ken for the link on the first one. That looks like an interesting option. I'm trying to figure out how to jackshaft my fixed axle cart. This looks like it might work for me, too, without me having to move the engine to the other side of the cart and have a bunch of stuff welded on.

thanks guys for all the input. Regarding the jackshaft, what gearing gets me to a 12:1 final ratio? 10t on the engine to 20t on the jackshaft, 12t on the jackshaft to my existing 72t on the drive wheel? Anyone know of any pictures of jackshaft setups on carts like mine? thanks!

hi everyone, I'm working on a cart for my 8 year old son. Cart picture here: http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8713 I have 12" diameter wheels on it and a 72 tooth wheel sprocket. If I put a 10 tooth clutch sprocket on it the speed calculator tells me it'll do 18 mph. I'm having a...

thanks guys this is very helpful. If you do get a chance to take a picture that'd be great. Now on to see if I can rig it to work. Progress pictures to come!

Thank you for the confirmation of the set up. Any issue with spacing the drum out from the sprocket using one or more nuts between the two?

hi everyone, I've finally found the time to work on the go kart build project I picked up for my son. :) After some searching on the forums here I've found a picture of a brake band setup that is similar to mine - see the brake band picture in this thread...

Here's a picture of my kart.

hi everyone. Found this site and forum and it looks like a great place indeed for the go cart DIYer. When we moved into our new house a few years ago, there was an old go cart in the garden shed. My son, who is 7 now, want to drive it and it seems like a great father/son project. The tires...