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Yea thats about the range of the next project I have,it does not have to have a lot of wheel travel but it does have to have rear independent suspension, and I figured that for the size of the project that they would be fine. Have you had any issues with them and do you know if a good cheap...

Thanks guys for all the info. it is very helpful. The driveshafts came off a small mini buggy with a yamaha seca 550 motor for that set up they seem to have work fine. but I was thinking about using the set up for a small two seat buggy using a quad style motor.

It is set up for my 7 year old daughter and she gets in either through the roof or side of the buggy.

I am putting together some parts for a new project and I was looking to use drive shafts design as part of the rear axle set up. Does anybody know what they are out of and where would a good place to get some. They are about 14" inches in length with 2" plunge and 1.750" in diameter and the...

yea I hear you, my daughter is doing about the same thing as well :drool5: That sounds pretty cool, and a chance to be really creative working and building customs gates, I know that there is a lot of request for them when times are good, but when times are bad you do what you have to. I have...

hey guys, sorry about the delays but a few things came up that I needed to get taken care of, I was able to make the floor out of .063 Alum. and was able to get it mounted, right know I am in the process of finishing up researching what I want to go with for the rear drive train as well as...

If the bushings are a hard enough plastic you should still be able to turn them on the lathe.I have been involved with building sand cars and pre-runners for the past ten years and that is what we found to work the best on cutting down on having to replace the bushings as often.It is also...

Good to see that you are making some progress. One thing that I do see with the bushings that you will be using, the big bushing tube that you are going with has a thin wall, you want to go with a thicker wall tube for your bushings. The thinner wall will cut into your bushings faster(think of...

sorry guys I have been down with a really bad cold and have not been able to update the progress,this cold really put me down this time, I was able to build the floor before I got sick which is made out of a sheet of aluminum and it definitely added to the look. next I will be looking to get the...

rvgkid- Thanks for your input. I have seen a couple photos that you have posted and it seems that you do nice work. Its good to see a fellow builder here, I have been in the off-road industry myself for ten years from sand to desert racing(class one) and I have enjoyed ever minute. Yea i...

Thanks for the input on the torque converter, I am going to go with a clutch and sprocket setup on this kart, but I will be coming up with a rear system design that I will be using a torque converter set up. I will look into them. Are you using one now and how is it holding up?

What condition is the 350 motor in? How much are you asking for it? The snowmobile motors are a good choice. Are you going to be adding a gear box to your finale drive system now?

Nice build looks to be coming along good. I do like your motor choice I have a 2-3 seat frame that I am designing in CAD right now And I was specing it out to use the warrior motor because they are a good trail motor and also they have reverse built in. That is to bad on the front tires. What...

No I would stay away from the hydraulic jack type benders when it is all said and done you end up being limited on what you can do. The bender I have is a mechanical style which more of the industry standard and made by pro-tools and they are out of Florida. The benders start of with a...

AGAIN thanks for your guys input and even tho you guys bring up a good argument and trust me I do see what you guys are saying but for one you guys are looking at what is already there and are stuck on that you have to look at what is not there see what needs to be there and buld it. Once I get...

Why is that? I know I don't have any worries about it working. But I do appreciate your input

Good find I must say you guys sure have a eye here for karts again I am glad that I came across the site. You guys are right the roof does have a little "chopped" roof look when I was first twisting up the tubes fro the frame we where playing with couple different looks and my daughter liked...

For this kart it will be set up with about 3-4" of travel. Yes, the rear shock will be set up on the stiff side. The overall chain path has been figured out and depending on the final gearing (diam. size of rear sprocket) I will know if I need to build in the tensioner, but other then that I...

thanks for the concerns but in relation to the chain and the swing arm of coarse that was my first big concern from the start but i have spent the time on the geometry between the two and the best way to explain is it will act like a regular swing arm on a 4wheel guad As long as the chain and...

Thanks for all your comments I got the wheels from www.gokartsupply.com