another clutch question

[neracoal]

I have a 5 hp Tecumseh engine on a cart that has 18" rear tires. The centrifical clutch has 10 teeth and the axle has 54. Now the question i have is this. Why would the clutch get really hot? i assume to much load for the clutch to handle. There was a bad clutch with this cart when i got it so i replaced it with what was there but i am starting to figure i should just get a 30 series for it.

Is there anything i can do to make this work though?

 

[kendelrk]

thats a 5 to 1 ratio, ive seen it happen to blue so when he chimes in, he can tell you how to fix it, i dont know why but i have mine set to direct 4 to 1 ratio and it works fine

 

[neracoal]

thanks...i look forward to hearing from blue.

 

[Russ2251]

Why would the clutch get really hot?

Because it is severely overloaded.
54 teeth on an 18 in. diameter tire is asking a lot from a centrifugal clutch.

 

[neracoal]

i figured that....so what is the fix besides a tav? Smaller tires? change sprocket? up tooth count down tooth count?

 

[Russ2251]

Smaller tires and/or larger driven sprocket.

 

[neracoal]

Smaller tires and/or larger driven sprocket.

How large of a driven sprocket would i need for it to work okay? What ratio would make it better?