general engine help

[2or3wheels]

you get a filler to make the shaft 1'' or 3/4. like a spacer but tapered inside to make the shaft straight and untaperd on the outside.

 

[timstar]

Useful information and greatly appreciated. The shaft is quite long though and the tapered part is in the middle which I do not believe will line up correctly to use on a single wheel application. I could move the engine plate over or make a live axle set up but I believe it may just be easier to cut the shaft shorter and put a keyway in it like kibble did (waiting for reply from kibble before I make a final decision). Maybe I should try and take some pictures and begin a new thread for my entire project?

 

[2or3wheels]

make a thread of your project. Maybe cutting and making new would work.

 

[Russ2251]

ed1380, have you found any ID tags/labels which identify engine manufacturer and/or power output (KW)? Pics would help. With this info, HP could be approximated.

 

[kibble]

@ timstar

Hey tim, you were asking about my setup. Here is a link to when I first started my kart. You can see on the last page what I did to the shaft and towards the end you see how I set it up.

I have the pulley on the engine going to a pulley on the jackshaft, which has the clutch on it. Then, the output of the clutch goes to a sprocket which then goes to my differential.

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=272

 

[ed1380]

@ russ- nope. no tags or anything. i havent taken all of the sheetmetal off. teachers are being anoyying PITA.


@kibble- o wow i remember that thread. holy carp that was a long time ago

 

[2or3wheels]

wow, electronics and i dont get along but, i have a bunch of those chapy remote control cars, could i use the servo for the steering for a throttle control? Im just going to try it on a motor on a bench to see if and how long it works but is it possibe?

 

[kibble]

Well, that's what I did. I have a servo on that engine. It's an R/C servo but it's not gonna be an R/C system. I made a circuit board that controls the servo depending on where the potentiometer is. The potentiometer will be connected to the gas pedal.

 

[timstar]

kibble, thanks for the info, very helpful.