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    What will break first?

    Take a friend who brings along something else to ride. Give him/her your list (add tow rope to it) and tell them that's what you're planning to bring. Then don't bring any thing and mooch whatever you need off them. Take a small cooler bunge corded to your frame. Put some wire, some bolts of...
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    Removing speed governor from 126cc 5hp Subaru Motor

    I have the 10hp Subaru engine and I think the gearing is the issue for you not the governor. I think this is the manual for yours if you don't have one. I'd look at the gearing on the jackshaft. It appears to be a combination 36T and 12T. If you can, try to make the first one bigger and/or...
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    My go kart wont go!?

    Hopefully you put the frame on the stands so the tires spin freely. :D
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    My go kart wont go!?

    Put the back end on blocks (jackstands are better) and rev the engine up a little. Do the tires spin?
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    Good Deal or no

    That's a common line you get when something is broken and they're trying to sell it. Tell him you'll give him $300 if it runs and $150 if it doesn't. If it doesn't run it's broken, right. :D You can test for compression by pulling the pull start and guaging the resistance. You can test for...
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    go kart has no take off

    If the belt is slipping, you may also try adjusting the engine forward 1/16" if you have slotted engine mounts. If that helps you can adjust from there.
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    go kart has no take off

    Is your converter spinning up and the belt adjusting, but you go nowhere? If so you might have the same problem I had this weekend. A sheared key in the sprocket on your jackshaft. Friction against the spacer washers allowed to run for a while but not after it heated up. It steadily got...
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    Wont start

    I'd try a different plug in case the one you have is broken internally. I've had that happen putting on new plugs in hard to reach places if the socket gets off center. If that doesn't work, take off the shroud and start looking at the wire back to the coil. If you know the model number, I...
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    Multiple CVTs? Different kind of question...

    You could do something like this. http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12100 Notice the different sized sprockets. If you were doing this with belts you would use a torque converter setup to onee jackshaft, then another to a second jackshaft, and then the sprocket to the axle. By...
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    Wont start

    Before you start cutting things. Pull the plug out and ground it to the engine (by touching it to the frame while holding on to the insulation) to see if you have a spark. If you only have a pull start this is more difficult to do by yourself. It's easier to use an inline spark tester like...
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    throttle hiccup

    It's in the second picture, right in the middle. There is a screw with a spring on it that takes a flat head screw driver (vertical slot in this photo). You count rotations by the slot. So try turning it clockwise until the slot is horizontal and that will be 1/4 turn. You can mark the top...
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    throttle hiccup

    In the picture of the carb, it looks like you have an idle set screw (with the spring on it). Start the engine and try turning it in 1/4 turn. If the engine stays running the same it may be too far out. See if it runs better that way. If you still have the problem try another 1/4 turn. The...
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    Need new go kart engine

    Are you replacing it because it doesn't run or you want something that runs better? Does it turn over? If it doesn't turn over, spray WD 40 in the sparkplug hole, put the plug back in, and let it set for a day. Try to turn it over by hand, repeat the process for a couple of days and hopefully...
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    throttle hiccup

    It sounds like it's running rich. Take out the spark plug and if it's black soot you're running rich. Better on the rich side than the lean side (white on plug), but not too rich. Mine looked like #3 here. The previous owner had installed a mower plug and closed the gap until it fired. I...
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    Replace/repair Manco 710E front arms?

    Well, the fenders worked. We took it out yesterday and I had a little rubbing on the front right, but I can trim that down. We ended up with a loose chain due to the previous owner aligning the chain by loosening the jackshaft rather than lining it up by moving the lower sprocket. The chain...
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    Replace/repair Manco 710E front arms?

    I picked one of the Manco 710e's off of Craigslist and got the broken 10hp Subaru engine running again. I thought the kids would get too dirty if it rained so I added fenders made from a 32 gallon trash can and some pipe supports I picked up at a hardware store. It's nothing special, but only...
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