brakes

[trenton davis]

on my next build should i
1. put band brakes
2. put disk brakes

 

[crazykart]

Give us some info on your next build when asking this. Soze, hp, gear ratio, total weight. .. makes a big difference on the brakes dept.

 

[trenton davis]

will its hopefully going to get a 6hp motor the size is relatively small. it weighs ruffly 100 lbs no motor with a 6:1 gear ratio

 

[ML-TOYS]

If you have the extra $$ just go with disk.

 

[chancer]

The difference is money. Although neither are really expensive. Both work fine for a yard kart but I would prfer a disk if I was building and had the money

 

[trenton davis]

i have disks and drums but i don't have bands and calipers but i found them both on eBay for under 25 dollars so the price wasent really a big deal for me i was just wondering what worked better and what would make more since for me to use.

 

[ML-TOYS]

More kart info then. Street or dirt. Live or dead axle

 

[machinist@large]

Actual photos would be extremely helpful as well. There's nothing else that lights a fuse around here faster than someone who asks multiple questions without giving us visuals about the kart in question.

If posting photos is a challenge, some really sharp folk's here put together a really good thread on how to do it, across multiple hardware platforms.......

 

[trenton davis]

this is it as of the other day so far I've changed the font end and pulled the old bad axel and I'm going to put a live axel with my bronda engine on it i plan on making it more of a street cartooned like hot rodding it up

 

[OzFab]

I voted disc as, IMO, they're more efficient but, in this case, I think a band would be more appropriate...

 

[crazykart]

I voted disc because honestly band is a pita

 

[OzFab]

Where would he mount it?

 

[crazykart]

Idk, i cant see the pics that well on my phone, live ir dead axle?

 

[chancer]

I believe it is a dead axel now. But in post 9 he said he is going to put a live axel. Also if you have seen his other thread and are following this build, he can fab and weld. So put the disc brake mount anywhere it will work, just fab a bracket. I have 2 band brakes PITA for sure, I voted disk

 

[Joe-405]

Even with a dead axle. You could take another wheel with a sprocket mount and flip it to the other side so you would have a mounting point for brake disc. Besides you could do awesome burnouts that way.

 

[trenton davis]

yeah i know i have to build a new mount for a brake but i just have to get the caliper first as i feel like i wanna put a disk brake on it i just have to add maybe six inches to the end to mount some new pillow blocks so i can have my live axel then ill add a bunch of support beams and some sorta bumper that i can try to have the motor mount centered, and i think ill leave the old "brakes" one there as a cosmetic thing i think they would be cool as fenders as when i first got it i thought they were fenders then i realized they were the tire destroyers and realized there was no way i could use that i can't believe that they thought that was a good idea

 

[OzFab]

live ir dead axle?

TBH. I can't tell if it's a dead axle or enclosed live axle...

 

[chancer]

Post 9

 

[crazykart]

Live axle, can put it anywhere he wants then.

 

[chancer]

Even with a dead axle. You could take another wheel with a sprocket mount and flip it to the other side so you would have a mounting point for brake disc. Besides you could do awesome burnouts that way.

Thats sounds like fun. The only good idea I have ever liked about a one tire fire dead axle.