Comet 30 series springs?

[99thwondah]

Heres pic of cart I have to build up!

Driven and driver need cleaning of course, all 6 buttons on clutch are gone/spring bent, ordered buttons but need a spring as well I see different colors(green and yellow) are they worth it or just throwing away money? How about garter springs also? Just want some decent speed/pull. Motor runs and idles well removed governor also if that effects engagement results.
Pic can serve as a nice before pic its ugly treated it like a step-child..RAIN/SNOW/HURRICANES

 

[itsid]

green and yes it's worth it.

the original garters are the "blue" ones (in fact they're black but labeled blue... ah well )

You can measure them, unhooked they need to be 7 7/8" if they're longer than 8" you need to replace them, if not.. not

'sid

 

[Half-breeder]

green and yes it's worth it.

the original garters are the "blue" ones (in fact they're black but labeled blue... ah well )

You can measure them, unhooked they need to be 7 7/8" if they're longer than 8" you need to replace them, if not.. not

'sid

... and to add to this...

There are actually 6 different springs for em(depending on 'when' you want the clutch to engage). The reasoning for this is, some motors are 'made' w/ more topend(more 'oomf' at higher rpms... usually motors w/ after market cams), and would want 'engagement' at that rpm range(ie- drag racing, where high rpms upon acceleration is ideal vs. gradual acceleration up 'to' a higher rpm). However, the consiquesnces of a stronger spring is a shorter belt life... wish someone would make a urethane belt!!!

 

[99thwondah]

Tha

green and yes it's worth it.

the original garters are the "blue" ones (in fact they're black but labeled blue... ah well )

You can measure them, unhooked they need to be 7 7/8" if they're longer than 8" you need to replace them, if not.. not

'sid

So green is better than the yellow one? Was gonna pair the black garters 1500 engagement I think, with yellow springs..get pulling faster? I was able to fix the original spring have to play with settings on clutch see how it feels when buttons come in......what do you guys glue em in with?

 

[itsid]

first, no need for glue, the original buttons can be pressed in and sit tight without glue.

1500 engagement rpm will not get you anywhere, your engine doesn't have enough power at that rpm to rev up under load.
(how do I know.. well because it's a small single cylinder with less than 8HP for sure..
otherwise you'd have a series 40 attached that's why!)
it'll most likely just die or you'll burn the belt.

if you're geared for max torque (that means LOW speed) you can get down to around 1800.. (1700 on small wheels on a light kart)
but to be honest with you.. 2000 or you'll not be too happy about your maintenance schedules

the yellow spring only delays the shifting process.
basically what the green spring at setting 3 will do can be compared to what the ellow does at 1.
So a good thing to do here...
get the ORIGINAL (green) and if your not happy about the upshift timing, set it to 3 and retry.
if you're still NOT happy with that, then get the yellow spring.

Why?
well, because chances are your engine will not have anywhere near enough torque to fully shift up to overdrive on your series 30 with a yellow spring.
that way you not only have massive amounts of torque and do wheelies and donuts all day..
you'll also have absolutely NO top speed.

'sid

 

[99thwondah]

Thanks will get the green one, original spring was all out of shape and I was able to recoil it , see how that holds ups one buttons come in.....thanks for all of you input.....im mechanilly inclined but new to carts.....