I started to build

[for the kid in me]

This is the first cart I have started to build any suggestion's?
I bought a comet cluch with a 5.5 honda engine nock off.
How many teeth should the rear sprocket have?
This is for my 16 teen year old girl.

 

[kibble]

It looks like you know what you're doing! Looking nice.

As for the rear sprocket, depends on how many teeth your clutch has, your tire size and how fast you want it to go.

 

[ed1380]

looks nice. cant wait to see how it turns out.

BTW heres a calculator for figuring out all the gearing
http://www.diygokarts.com/speed-calculator.html

 

[r_chez_08]

nice!!! sprocket depends what you are using it for. offoad more like 12/70-80(high torque,lower speed. track karts more like 12/50(fast, less torque though)

 

[jr dragster T]

I had the same front wheels on my kart at first and with the crappy bearings in them I would have the bearings killed in about 30 minutes of riding. I got sick of those tiny bearings and bought some high speed 4 bolt tappered rollar bearing hubs and 4 bolt 5.70" X 8 trailer tires.

 

[for the kid in me]

I shopped at princes auto they didn't have any good front bearing set up I thought I would give these a try.
were did you buy the hub and tires for your's

 

[for the kid in me]

thank you guy's for your coment's

 

[THE_SHRUB]

ya i used the exact same front wheels from princess auto cept we used them for all four corners, first run out we popped a tire, third run out we blew a bearing housing... so now i have to rethink pretty much the entire drive train...

 

[for the kid in me]

I have a 10 tooth cluch and a 48 tooth rear sp.
I should go with a bigger back sp for off road is this right?

I think I will try your calculator just noticed it thank's

 

[for the kid in me]

yeah that would be pretty disapointing if that happened first time out.

I did see PA had a hub and spindal all ready made but they were $ 60.00 for one I was just trying the cheap way out

 

[minibugger]

You might want to check out www.casterland.com for all you Canadian guys. They have a good selection of wheels, wheel hubs and tires in stock. got my front tires for the Dingo there at $ 26.00 ea. Good online catalogue with pricing that appears more reasonable than PA.

 

[jr dragster T]

I got my front tires from Princess Auto. Hubs I got online somewhere.

 

[r_chez_08]

I have a 10 tooth cluch and a 48 tooth rear sp.
I should go with a bigger back sp for off road is this right?

I think I will try your calculator just noticed it thank's

on my offroad setup, i am using 16:93 with 14" wheels. (#219 chain)
depends on the size of your back wheels. depends what speed and torque you want (smaller back sprocket/ bigger wheels= higher speed, lower torque nd vice verca)

 

[modelengineer]

I'm using 14:50 gearing with 21" wheels on 13" rims for off-road

 

[robin]

nut if i remember right you are havving az bike engin so you have to take the primary reductions in the gearbox in to acout as well

 

[big rob]

PA wheels

What I have done in the past is remove the cheap
low speed bearings , and replaced them with a comercial
sealed roller bearing , take your rims with you and they
can measure them .Its been a while but the last ones I
got cost $6.00 a piece and worked great.
Look in your yellow pages under bearings, most of thease
places also sell chain, sprocket, etc.
Rob.

 

[for the kid in me]

Thank's for the info guy's I will let you know how I make out.

 

[for the kid in me]

Got a little more done.

never changed bearing yet in front end. Haven't had time to check out bearing places yet.

 

[for the kid in me]

more pic's

more pic's

 

[jr dragster T]

What kind of rear hub is that? 2 part ones from PA?