Built my Own monster

[tbaumgartner1000]

Hi, I'm tucker, and I just built a MEan Looking Go kart I call the Post Apocolyptic Road Vehicle (PARV) It is two seater with a 5hp Briggs and Stratton Rototiller engine of unknown RPM. I Need help with the clutch, since the engine has so much power and torque that it is shaking the chain off and the clutch keeps smoking. It goes extremly fast at only about a third of the power, but we can't test any farther than that.

 

[Raywelder]

Get some pics of this cart!

Sounds like you might need a better clutch and tighter chain.

 

[kibble]

PICs! Or it didn't happen....

 

[jr dragster T]

Theres no way you have so much power the chain just rips itself off. Theres some alihnment issues.

 

[l0ll00l]

Like JrDrag said, it is either an alignment problem, or possibly flex in the frame somewhere between the engine mounting plate and the rear axle that allows the chain to become loose and pop off. Same thing happened on a kart I built a few years back. The engine mount plate was welded to a bar, and the bar wasn't securely welded. It supported the engine fine, but under load, it pulled the whole engine/bar closer to the axle, and the chain would pop off. Check chain alignment and make sure your engine is mounted securely.