brakes

[coryjage13]

well im in the process of building my first go kart and i couldnt figure out how to mount my rear tires on the axle so i welded them and i forgot brakes is there another way of doing brakes with out cutting the axle?

 

[mckutzy]

What did you weld on? The tires?


Scrub brakes would do, if I have understood what you are saying.
You will need to weld up bracket and rig them to the peddles

 

[landuse]

Yeah, post some pics

 

[DaiSan76]

You can get something like this.

Or if you can't find one, you could make it.

Found you a possible source.

http://www.martinsprocket.com/Sece/typed.htm

 

[Shadow9]

Scrub brake setup

If you opt for scrub brakes, attached are some pics of the scrub brake setup on my cart. This is a home fab with a pillow block made from a piece of metal bar and pipe on the dead wheel side; the drive wheel side has a piece of metal pipe welded to the leading edge of the engine plate.

The other piece you need will be a 4 inch piece of metal bar welded perpendicular to the torsion bar, pointing down. This is where the brake control rod attaches to the torsion bar to actuate the brake paddles against the tires.

I believe this cart was originally a friction band setup since it has the bracket and pin on the drive wheel side - you would need to fabricate something similar if you go for a friction band setup.

 

[coryjage13]

Yeah, post some pics

Ill get some pics when I get off work

 

[OzFab]

I couldnt figure out how to mount my rear tires on the axle so i welded them

There's your first mistake; Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever (you get the picture) weld anything to an axle. IMO, cut, grind, file out the welds & try again