1960 Homelite spitfire Go Kart

[trebormacleish]

is it safe for me just to cold bend this back into position?

 

[sexyvicta]

i'd say that you definitely wouldn't want to use heat as that could do bad things to the metal, however i am not an engineer.

 

[trebormacleish]

so i bent the axle back in to position. it is perfect now. now i need to focus on the breaks. I have 6 inch drum breaks, one on each wheel, being that they are independent of each other. I have the break shoes but i am missing the springs used to hold the pads together. Does anyone have an easy fix for this or should i just get some springs from the home crapo store. ill post pics soon.

 

[trebormacleish]

brakes??

I was working on my drum breaks today and it seem that the brake shoes that I got with the kart are too big to fit inside the drum. I was wondering how to measure the drum in order to get the proper size shoes. What are the common sizes and if anyone knows what size shoes this 1960 homelite spitfire take it would be great to know. Thanks

 

[questseeker]

hey that tecum engine is it 139 cc have one have to turn shaft down and make longer any idea what the rpm on this would be using on cart 100 lbs no govenor 40 pitch chain drive engine 13 drive secondary 54 tires 13 in

 

[questseeker]

sorry wrong post

 

[questseeker]

hey is that a tecum 139 cc have one turning shaft down would like to know what speeds drive gear 13 teeth secondary 54 teeth tires 13 in is this good combo for hole shot

 

[Bluethunder3320]

i would use a long pipe. slip onto the axle and then you have a lot of leverage. weigh the kart down and bend the axle back to straight and keep meauring until it is good

EDIT: oops just saw your post.

whats the inside diameter of the drum?

 

[trebormacleish]

does anyone else have pics of their own spitfire that i could see. all the other pics posted on this thread are from a google search. can anyone show me some detailed pics of the petal linkages? and i need a pic of a proper steering wheel, i believe that mine is not the correct wheel for the kart. Please help me with some pics.