A tale of two Dingo's

[Whitetrashrocker]

Unfortunately poboy, the piece may never be found.

I was thinking of making a half moon out of some scrap and see if I could jb it in there to kinda hold but I got lazy.

So #1 started complaining and popping from the chain.
Hmm

This is probably an hours of run time on a brand new chain. I usually WOT around the property for like no more than 5 minutes then shut her down for a break. Then WOT for a few more laps.

Cheap chain or lots of power?

https://youtu.be/m-f3DmspIHw

 

[Poboy kartman]

Kelly fixed at least one in about the same shape and he just built it up with JB Weld.

Pretty tough and usually very expensive to find matching factory replacement wheels.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

So the new inner tubes I picked up have a really off to the side valve stem. It won't even come close to poking out the original recess. Easy fix. Small hole, bigger hole, ream out with dremel.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Always love opening a new toy!

Nurse get ready for the heart transplant.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Pretty straight forward. Attached the jackshaft plate to the bottom of the engine and then remove the clutch and reinstall about 5 or 6 times to get the right sized spacers behind it to get the belt centered.

Time to mount to frame and alighn the axle sproket.
Again I don't care much for this axle design. Getting this sproket just right is a practice in patience and trial and error.

As it sat, I needed to go about a sprockets width to the left. So remove the three bolts that hold the sprocket to the hub. There's no room in there for power tools but those ratchet wrenchs work great for this. Now take 2 of those bolts and put them in the other holes and thread them down. This in turn pushes the sprocket off the hub.
Move one a few turns the move the other a few turns, repeat 50 times. Once it finally pops off the hub unthread the 2 bolts.

Tap the hub over a little and start the 3 bolts and little by little work around till the sprocket is run up and tight.

Measure and find you went too far.

Back to removing it all, tap the hub over and reinstall.

Oh just a little more. Repeat.

I need a beer.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Here are some better pics of the sprocket and hub.
Both are keyed.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Since this new predator 301 is not an electric start I can clean up the relay and get rid of some of this wiring. I left the lights wired and provisions to attach a battery later.

Again, safety first! Put the kill switch on the steering wheel.
And I have had to use it on occasion. Usually running off the track into a mesquite bush or something.

 

[Ognib]

You write an entertaining thread...enjoyed.

I like your shop approach, think we probably think a lot alike in that respect.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Thanks bingo. Hehe. Ognib.

I'm not too worried about precision and such being a yard bomber but as the saying goes; build it, race it, break it, fix it, repeat. Or something like that.

Thanks for following.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Down to the nitty gritty.

The throttle cable is a solid wire push/pull. It was directly attached to the pedal. Well I'm about a foot short. I looked online and had a hard time finding anything over 60". Well I needed a 72" cable. There were some I could use after some modifications but for the price I was out. There's a cheaper way.

So next time I was in town(25 miles down the road) I grabbed a 1/4" round rod. Mimicked the brake and attached the cable to the rod just under the seat. Plenty of cable now!

And I also flipped the pedals closer to the seat, nicer for the wife to drive.

And again I added the 25 pound lead weight to the porch. I'm debating on grabbing another pair and doubling up. That would make for better turning at the cost of speed.

Hmm. We'll see. Might have to go steal her weights again.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Looks like my pictures had too many barly pops.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Well it looks like I'm to date. Here they sit ready to make smiles.

Still have a few more tricks up my sleeve but for now its time to go tear em up.

I put the one rear bar back on for more support to the top hoop of #1. With the gas tank mounted up there it wobbled quite a bit.

Need to find some tubing. Going to attempt at recreating the upper frame. It gives a feeling of safety and will make a good way to make a body panel to keep out the lap filling rocks and weeds. I plan on doing a floor pan under the engine to do the same. A rock going around with the chain or in the TC sounds like a trip to the parts store.

"And now you know the rest of the story"

 

[chancer]

Why do you need the weight on the front porch?
I have not heard of Dingos having steering issues.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Under steer chancer.

With the live axle it wants to push the front end where ever it's pointed. Either slow down or you better have your foot in it and spinning the tires, drifting the corner.

It might have to do more with my terrain. It's kinda like marbles on the sidewalk.

 

[chancer]

I know under steer.
It is common on certain karts. that are poorly designed or home built.
Not usually an issue with Manco products and I had never heard of it on
a Dingo.

Like you said though terrain can play a factor.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Well the off-road event was a success and my brother was all grins.

At first I put him in #2, it's a little slower with the stock predator in it. It still will do 35mph. The first couple laps I could tell he was feeling it out and after a few more he was really gettin in the throttle. After a "heat" he pulled back in for a pit stop and was really surprised at how well it moved. Next "heat" came and I put him in #1 and my sis in #2. Off they went. Again I could tell both were cautious at first. My bro was drifting in no time and my sis came in early saying it was bumpy. She gave it over to her husband and he didn't seem "thrilled", not his thing I guess.

TBC....

 

[chancer]

Why are "Brother in Laws" always such dorks! LOL

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Hes a good guy but never had karts, cycles or Jeeps kinda thing growing up. He had fun but didn't have that " I'm gonna run out of gas before I quit"

Anyway, my butt dyno and phone GPS tells me #1 is faster but I let my bro do some laps in #1 and I jumped in #2. Maybe it's because I built the track and have done enough laps or perhaps my bro wasn't in it fully, but I had him in the first corner and he could never catch me. I was even backpedaling a little.

As the evening went on we continued our "heats" till it was time to start the grill and take a rinse. We were dust babies. Goggle rings and all.

The next few days were going to be some awesome rock crawling.

I'll derail to show off some of the crawlers but as far as the karts go, they were a hit with my bro.

Good times seeing him when he can visit.

 

[Functional Artist]

I know under steer.
It is common on certain karts. that are poorly designed or home built.
Not usually an issue with Manco products and I had never heard of it on
a Dingo.

Like you said though terrain can play a factor.

Try converting a Dingo to electric & adding like 100 lb. of batteries to the rear.

Lotta fun but, yup, instant steering issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZPMcfn6IEo

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

That's pretty cool. Did she help build or just guinea pig?
How long does the battery last?