Floor Help

[verdebmxer47]

i just fabricated a floorpan for my Bug Wasp go kart and when i go to hit the throttle or brakes the floor pan flexes quite a bit. Is this normal? or is there something i did wrong?
Thanks

 

[landuse]

It sounds like the frame is flexing, and therefore the floor pan

 

[jandj]

Just out of curiosity-
Is the pan metal welded or aluminum riveted?
Thickness?
It may be older but a Bug is a race kart and it's gonna flex just like a modern race kart will.

 

[verdebmxer47]

it has tabs on the frame where you bolt it on. i made it a one piece floorpan instead of the original 2 piece floorpan hoping for more strength. not sure what thickness. its made out of pretty thin steel. the frame flexes but is it normal for the floorpan to flex?

 

[jandj]

Go to the vintagekarts.com forum and ask.
Lot of Bug owners there.
Make sure to use your real name when registering.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

If it's thin metal and the pedals are simply bolted through it, that's why. If you were to "plate" the area where they bolt with another piece of sheetmetal, i bet it would improve.