go kart suspension

[gokart14]

I am going to put front suspension on my go kart and was wondering if the brackets from bmi karts Universal Mounting Tab would work?

http://www.bmikarts.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=163
i dident now if the Universal Mounting Tab would be strong enough to hinge the the a arm for the front suspension

pic below any help is great thx

 

[r97]

probably not especialy because there made fore 1/4 bolts!, spindle brackets are much stronger http://www.bmikarts.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=178

 

[gokart14]

if i bought some 1/4 sheet metal and cut in the same shape and drilled a bigger hole would that work for the same design as above Thanks!!

 

[r97]

yea i think it would you may want to consider bracing them a bit so they dont bend down to one side or somthing

 

[gokart14]

thx for the help im probly going to try to the 1-4 inch sheet metal i will try and brace it a little better thanx!!!

 

[r97]

no prob

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

You ganna do a single A-arm desighn or double A- arm desighn?

Im putting a double A-arm desighn on my murray explorer frame right now.

I ant sure on how thick of stuff to use but use your own judgement, if you dont think it will work, it wont.

1/4 should be plenty thick enough to use though and i agree with r97, use plenty of bracing.

 

[r97]

yup you cheep out and let things get flimsy youl regret it when it breaks if if you spend the extra $ in the right places its realy strong and youl be well.. realy happy

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

I agree 100%

 

[gokart14]

You ganna do a single A-arm desighn or double A- arm desighn?

Im putting a double A-arm desighn on my murray explorer frame right now.

I ant sure on how thick of stuff to use but use your own judgement, if you dont think it will work, it wont.

1/4 should be plenty thick enough to use though and i agree with r97, use plenty of bracing.

its just a single a arm but i might make double in the futer if you have any pic of how you are are doing your front suspension that would be helpful Thx so much for all the help

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

Ill get some tumarow if i can find out how to get em on here, ill have to do some reading.

If your doing a single arm, why dont you just make a I-beam style arm, i think it might be a little easier but i ant for sure.

You could always cut it off later and do the double if you want to.

Mine came from a 350 warrior front suspensoin, im makin all the mounts and stuff like that.

ALL my mounts are made from bed frame rail and square tubing. but it is ganna be braced good.

I will try my best to get some pictures tumarow, its dark here.

 

[gokart14]

Sorry..... i have a lot of ideas and just want to see wich is the best one i just thought of this and thought this might be a little better
pic below hope this makes sence thx

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

Eithier of them is a good idea, I personally like your a-frame desighn because it looks stoughter.

What kind of cart are you planning of putting it on?

 

[gokart14]

right now i am just building it on my own but i want it to look like the dirt devil go kart at the end

 

[drscope]

I have what we call a rod anchor that looks like that universal mounting bracket.

But what we have is 1-3/8 x 3/4 x 3/8 thick
(.375") with a 1/4 inch hole.

They are part # 8176 and sell for $0.70ea.

If you are interested, PM me.

 

[r97]

yea i was pretty shure the one he pointed out was a rod/cable anchor

 

[gokart14]

I have what we call a rod anchor that looks like that universal mounting bracket.

But what we have is 1-3/8 x 3/4 x 3/8 thick
(.375") with a 1/4 inch hole.

They are part # 8176 and sell for $0.70ea.

If you are interested, PM me.

do you have a website our do you just sell them

 

[redsox985]

Ya, I'm sorry but this guy looks kinda shady. He came outta no where and now posts everywhere that he has parts. I'm skeptical but could be wrong.

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

I got a question

Im trying to upload some pictures of my Kart and i get to were it says its uploading them, then it just says internet explorer can not display this page.

Anybody got any suggestions?

there jpeg and only 1.58mb each.

All i have is dail up. Could that effect anything?

But them dirt devils look like there easily built. It would be easy to do them a-arms or they look pretty simple to do.

Have you already built the frame of your kart? If so can you get a picture of the front of it?

 

[redsox985]

Have you tried Photo Bucket?