just got my first kart!

[thechief86]

i just bought some! you know what they say about them great minds.....
the stuff i bought was way cheap, and already has holes, because i don't have a drill right now, and the wifey won't let me spend the money for one, since i dropped over 2 bills on my kart in the last couple weeks....anyway, i'm gonna get my buddy over here tomoro and see if he can throw me some ideas.

 

[BriggsTwins]

heheh sounds good look on craigslist for free scrap steel

 

[thechief86]

ahhhh good call! thing is, i have a welder, reciprocating saw, grinder, tube bender, random gear/pulley pullers, and a buttload of other tools, but never needed a drill till i started making my own stuff.... i have a perfday comin up soon, though....

 

[BriggsTwins]

heheh craigslist is a good place for drills too!!!

 

[thechief86]

so i got it finished! i finally got to ride it for real tonight, with no ghetto rigging! i'll try to get a video up here in the next couple days when i have daylight! the clutch seems to slip a bit off the line, but i'm hoping it's just because it's new?

 

[BriggsTwins]

sometimes, the clutch will tend to slip at low speeds because of how it works

 

[thechief86]

is that a bad thing? it takes off pretty fast, but still i can tell that until it is moving, the rpm's are quite high for the speed it's going. it has been sitting outside in the snow for a few days, so the clutch was pretty wet, too. it might get better on a dryer day? i can only hope, but i'm happy with it, and i want a break from working on it for a bit, so i'll just be glad that it runs and it's fast for now.

 

[TurtleMann14]

wet clutch can slip, but should dry very fast

if its slipping a bunch the clutch will burn up
after about 2-3 seconds it should be locked up on a flat surface

 

[thechief86]

yeah, it's does that, even quicker than that actually, but i'm thinking of when i take off up a hill or something like that. if 2-3 seconds is acceptable, then i'm not worried about it. thanks friend....

 

[BriggsTwins]

you should be ok, just be mindful for excessive slip

 

[thechief86]

so i hooked up the throttle cable, but it won't open the carby all the way! i get about 3/4 of full throttle, and that's it. when i had it working before, it kinda bogged down right at 3/4 throttle. it's still doing that, but at what is full throttle now. i'm gonna make a bracket to move the cable over so i can have full throttle, but do you guys think a carb rebuild will help the bogging problem? it kinda puts around 3700 rpm, i think? it's right about where the governor kicked in on the old motor, maybe just a touch faster.
it will accelerate past that, but puts right there.