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This thing is so darn frustrating. It never works in practicality like it should in theory. I removed the top spindle brackets and clamped them on for weld with the 5 degree caster. Now the bumpsteer problem has returned. I had to set everything down and walk away. Im tempted to eliminate...

Thank you! That helps big time. Steering geometry was a big hurdle on this kart. Everything else seemed pretty good. The front shocks could use an upgrade, but not required to finish this project up.

Today was a BIG DAY! I finally drove the kart. I finished up the electrical end and put the TC back on. It wasn’t perfect, but I made a few laps around the backyard. Yesterday I adjusted the front end and tightened everything up. It rolls around pretty good, but while driving the steering...

Managed to get a gas pedal hooked up tonight. Getting closer!

No kidding! Haha. I honestly didn’t know that was a thing. My only experience is with cars, and those are already designed the correct way. I learned something this week. Needless to say, I have a few master cylinders for future projects.

I have worked on this... but it’s been one step forward, and two backwards the past few months. I could not get the brakes to bleed. I was thinking the master cylinder (MC) was bad, so I bought a car MC. It was a monster on this thing. It didn’t work either. Then I decided to go back to go kart...

Well problem solved! Turns out.... it was never the master cylinder. The calipers were upside down. Only took 3 different master cylinders before my neighbor noticed the bleeders on the bottom. Exchanged the left and right and they worked like a charm. Chalk that one up to another learning moment.

I know it looks pretty tight, but the push rod lets the piston fully depress. My theory is.... the volume of fluid this car master cylinder is designed to push is too much for these small go kart calipers. The calipers are “working”, but I’m not getting the tire to completely lock up, even by...

Just like everything on this Kart... I’m learning as I go. So, the brakes are hooked up and bled. Incredibly stiff pedal, to the point I can barely push it. Did I overcompensate and get too big a master cylinder? Is the volume on this giant thing too much for the little calipers? What if I...

With that kind of money.... you can build almost anything you want. Welcome to the club.

I’m making progress again. I hope tomorrow to have working brakes.

Took the master cylinder off the kart, broke it apart, and to our untrained eye, couldn’t see any visual defects. We bench bled it at one point, but I can’t remember if it was the very beginning or after I noticed it wasn’t working. Anyways..... Decided to buy a car unit from Summit Racing. I...

I am having an issue with half of the master cylinder not working. I hooked up the front brakes to the two ports on one half, they seem to work fine. The single live axel caliper is hooked to the single port on the other half, it is not working. To trouble shoot: I switched one of the front...

Two days in a row! Brakes are installed, just working out the bleeding of them. I was having a hard time priming the master cylinder for the rear caliper. I called my brother up and borrowed the vacuum tool. By the time I got home it was dark, now I’m headed to the lake for a few days. I’ll...

Managed a good half day in the garage today. I started with the intention of getting the brake lines hooked up and bled, but ran into some obstacles. The back caliper mount was in the way of my brake line. The auto parts store couldn’t help me, so I decided to cut the mount off and fabricate a...

Well with the new front frame modification it changed the steering shaft geometry. Today I was able to fix it. Here are a few before, during, and after pics. It still needs a support welded in, but today’s temps were expected to hit 90F. That’s too hot for me to weld �� I’m...

The above fix seemed to help quiet a bit. It’s not perfect, but I think that’s on my end, not the mechanics of it. What part are you having trouble with?

To verify that the bolt holes on the steering rack were in the correct position I had to fabricate new holes to extend the length of the rack Welding the new front suspension rack to the frame. Wheels are finally back on the kart! It still needs a little fine tuning, but I think I’ve got...

I’ve been really slow on this project 😢. Here is some work I did yesterday. The A-arms are the same length, but the calipers have an offset built into them, so I made the top frame rail larger in order to keep the A arms the same.