first time kart build for my son!

[jeepman09]

My son has been trying to build a go cart for a few years now and he has progressed to where he was bolting metal together much better than the wood 2x4 he start when he was 8 yrs old!

He had a good idea of what he wanted and has done a fair bit of research.
This is where I come in, I have been doing my own research and have helped refine his plans! (see pic) We decided to make this first Kart from 1x1" .100 wall sq tubeing to make it easyier for us! I will post pics of our plans and of materials we have so far and will try to keep you fellow hobbyist up to date on the progress.......Please feel free to give advice if you see something that could be better or dangerous!
:beta1: The wheels are not the actuall wheels we are going to use just what was handy to get the idea of what we are looking at!!!

 

[jr dragster T]

Your kart chasis looks so similar to ours! Didja copy me?

 

[jeepman09]

To be totaly Honest I have stolen many aspects from various kart designs! I am by no means saying that this is totaly an original Idea of my own! hope that answers your question...


If its a good Idea COPY IT !!

 

[killawatt]

is that a live axle on the back? and what kind of motor are you going to use? i would recommend a hf blue knock off honda with a torque converter. And what kind of tires are you going to use?

 

[jeepman09]

Yes i am going to run a live axil! also the motor i have is the Princess Auto 6.5hp honda clone, same as the one Tyler has modified... as far as tires go i have not made a decision yet and would like to have input on this, so coments are welcome! I have thought about 8" steel 4on4 with slicks from Princess auto.

 

[killawatt]

are you building the cart for on road off road or a mix of both?

 

[jeepman09]

I think a mixture of both because its just for him to have fun on! or should i say get into trouble on!!

 

[ZnsaneRyder]

Yes i am going to run a live axil! also the motor i have is the Princess Auto 6.5hp honda clone, same as the one Tyler has modified...

Sweet engines! That will be one fast kart!

 

[killawatt]

well i do more off road then on road but iwent with16x8-7 in the front and 20x7-8 on the back i went this route mainly because of how cheap they are i payed 100 bucks for all four rims and all four tires shipped on ebay there basically 4 wheller tires for like smaller 4 whellers so there really cheap and come in really nice tread patterns

 

[jeepman09]

Ok i am back at it today and am making my own hubs both the fixed axil and the bearing hubs for the front! Ill post pics when its done.

The other day i started on the spindals but ran into some difficulties however i found a solution and will post pics of those too when i have them completed!

I bought some tires the other day from Princess Auto that were on sale for $10/each again ill post pics when i get around to it! problably later this evening...

 

[Robb_Wolfe]

like the steering wheel

 

[jeepman09]

As promised i got some pics of my progress on the hubs! all that is left to do is welding and wait for the bearings to arrive!

 

[jeepman09]

hey i almost forgot about the tires! i got these for $10 at Princess Auto... I am waiting for the Rims they had to bring them in from another store!

 

[modelengineer]

NICE HUBS! They look similar to the ones I just made. Mine are 4x100 stud pattern.

 

[jeepman09]

Help Needed

I Could use some pointers on how to put the tires (the ones above) on the rims!! lol i been fighting for 1 hr on the first one and only got one side on the rim.... is there a trick i am useing dish soap as lube but cannot get second beed over rim. HELP!

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAbKoVe0gyM
Hope this helps

 

[jeepman09]

I am still having no luck! and i am just dead tired from trying! lol I Have a buddy that has a tire mounting machine in his garage ill try contacting him for some help! These tires are a *****

 

[Buick455]

I don't know if you have the scrap in your garage or a welder but, I made something like this years ago to deal with golf cart tires and rims. Just a peice of 1/4" flat bar ground and hammered at the end so its smooth (no cutting the tire) bent 45, then bent back -45 to clear the other side of the rim. The base peice was bolted to my workbench with the 4 through-holes and the upright was a peice of 1 1/2 steel house pipe... Worked well for getting them on but, de-beading them was done with my pickup truck. If I find it in my shed or a picture of it I'll post it. Also vasaline helps too but harder to clean up...

 

[jeepman09]

Up Date!!

Here is what i got done today! The Frame is welded...Hubs completed...and spindals almost done!!!! All in all I am well into it now here are a few pics to show you the progress my son could not visualize it so we placed the engine and seat aproximately in posotion. Now all i need to do is finish the steering and mount the engine and seat! oh and finish the live axil...Its finnaly looking like something.

 

[Jerryburger]

WOW! This is a cool kart! You both should be proud of yourselves! Those tires/wheels are cool!