Well my buddy has been watching me put stage 1 predators on various chassis of karts and mini bikes over the last six months and decided to pick up a kart on auction himself. The kart was advertised as needing work one the shocks in the back was busted in half, the disc brake wasn't working, etc. I told my oldest friend in the world "Sure man I'll work on it for ya, just drop it off at the house and I'll start tinkerin." Well he did drop it off at the house. Shortly there after I asked him if it ran, he said he wasn't really sure. So I decided to give it a pull and see what she did. Much to my surprise, not only did it start on the first pull it took off outta the garage, dragged me across the street, through the neighbor's bushes, into the neighbor's open garage, and finally made a crashing halt into his 2014 Honda accord. Also by the grace of the infinitely comical cosmos he was in his garage working on his hobby, painting model rockets. So he saw the whole scenario, and I'm sure that it was quite the sight...
So, moving forward I have a good amount of bright red paint to buff out of this poor guy's bumper and I need to figure out what is going on with this death machine my buddy bought. I figured it was probably a stuck throttle, and it did appear to be a little sticky and the cable was a little frayed. So I lubed up this and that and replaced the cable. Went to pull start it today, with the rear wheels off the ground mind you, and noticed the wheels spinning as I'm pulling the recoil... So I took the torque converter cover off and I'm not familiar with the setup I saw, then again all the little toys I've tinkered with have been tav2 or generic 30 series so I've had very little experience with much else other than a couple cheap clutches on mini bikes. The driver clutch almost look like cooling fins on a predator flywheel, the belt is incredibly tight, and furthermore the masterlink on the chain is on the wrong way which is a pet peeve of mine. So if I can get some advice after you've acceptably poked at my bruised pride I would greatly appreciate it. I don't know if it's the wrong size belt, on frankly what is going on with this style of torque converter but again greatly appreciate any advice. Love all the knowledge on this forum, would be lost without it.
So, moving forward I have a good amount of bright red paint to buff out of this poor guy's bumper and I need to figure out what is going on with this death machine my buddy bought. I figured it was probably a stuck throttle, and it did appear to be a little sticky and the cable was a little frayed. So I lubed up this and that and replaced the cable. Went to pull start it today, with the rear wheels off the ground mind you, and noticed the wheels spinning as I'm pulling the recoil... So I took the torque converter cover off and I'm not familiar with the setup I saw, then again all the little toys I've tinkered with have been tav2 or generic 30 series so I've had very little experience with much else other than a couple cheap clutches on mini bikes. The driver clutch almost look like cooling fins on a predator flywheel, the belt is incredibly tight, and furthermore the masterlink on the chain is on the wrong way which is a pet peeve of mine. So if I can get some advice after you've acceptably poked at my bruised pride I would greatly appreciate it. I don't know if it's the wrong size belt, on frankly what is going on with this style of torque converter but again greatly appreciate any advice. Love all the knowledge on this forum, would be lost without it.
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