Kibble's Kontinued-Kontinued Kart Konstruction

[ironman]

i hear you there well ill be watching i like the whole setup you got cant wait to see pictures when its done and hear about how fast it goes

 

[ironman]

Hey kibble on those collars for the rear axle how good are they as far as lasting? I see they dont cost alot just was wanting to know im about to buy a set for a 1inch axles but want to make sure they are worth it. Is that a 1 inch axle you are useing and what length is it ?

 

[kibble]

Ironman, I'm not using any collars on my rear axle to hold it in place. The axle is 1" and I believe it was 36" long when I bought it. I had to cut it in two pieces and the ends go into the CV joints on the differential. Are those the parts that you're referring to as the collars? Most of my axle is held in place by the pillow blocks' set screws, there's two per pillow and three on the cv joints so there's a total of 7 set screws per axle holding it in place. I have a couple of collars that I'll use if I have to but I don't think they're necessary.

As far as collars go, I think anything will do as far as it fits on whatever you're putting it on. They're not made to take a lot of abuse, just to hold parts in place.

 

[ironman]

pillow blocks is what i trying to say{thanks}..Just bought a set for my mini kart project im working on just was wanting to know how strong they were if i should use two or four for the axle is going to be about 32 inches long.

 

[kibble]

If you're not using a diff, then just two would be ok. I'm only using 4 because of the diff. On my jackshaft, 4 is probably overkill. I was thinking of taking two off.

 

[kibble]

Update...update....update....

Ok, so I had time to work on my kart today and I finally got the steering all straightened out. Works great! I also took some pics of it's current state.

Stuff left to do:

Mount gas tank
Pedals, gas and brakes
Some electrical/electronics
Attach steering wheel completely with newer steering wheel.
TEST DRIVE!!! :biggrin5: :biggrin5: :biggrin5:

I think that's all that's left to do.

 

[ironman]

Hey you weigh that thing yet looks like you are getting up ther on the weight . you better beef up that motor. looks good.hey what are the back spaceing on the front rims and are those 4 1/2 inch front spindles.

 

[2or3wheels]

lookin good.

 

[kibble]

Hey you weigh that thing yet looks like you are getting up ther on the weight . you better beef up that motor. looks good.hey what are the back spaceing on the front rims and are those 4 1/2 inch front spindles.

I don't know how the heck I would weigh the thing, at least not with what I have. I don't know the spacing I'm using off the top of my head and the spindles I made, I'll have to go home a measure and get back to you on those.

 

[kibble]

Hey Ironman, my spacers in the front are about 1 3/4" and the spindles are about 3 3/4". I made the spindles out of some brackets I bought at Lowes.

I worked on the pedals today and I should be attaching them soon. No new pics yet though. I'm hoping to have it drivable within the next two weeks. I'll have a video of the very first test drive, whether a success or a failure.

 

[dirtrider69]

that ius looking pretty frickin' sweet!!

 

[Jerryburger]

HOLY COW, Kibble! That is a beautiful thing to behold! (Eyes tearing up). If my experience can help, find some way of keeping your butt from sliding off that thing. It looks like it's going to corner HARD! The first time I took my lowrider out for a spin, I took a good corner at about 25mph, and slid right off of the seat onto the ground... watching it do circles next to me! OUCH! Think grippy seat!

 

[kibble]

Thanks! I had thought about adding a seat belt to it. Maybe now that you mention that I will do it. I'll go to the auto wreckers and jack a seat belt off of something. The good thing is, the material I used for the seats isn't very slippery, it's kind of rubbery.

Well, I worked on finding a way to put the pedals on the kart today and this is what I came up with. I got the pedals at Kragens or something for like $14. I just had to find some way to attach them to the kart.

 

[EngineerDaisy]

Mr Kibble that kart is awesum Hope you get it going.

 

[noley99]

It's looking great Kibble! Can't wait to see a video of hauling the mail!

 

[kibble]

Thanks!

Today I did some work with the brake again. I hardened the bar that connects the pedal to the master cylinder and I redesigned the mechanism connecting the pedal to the bar. I made is so that pushing on the pedal doesn't make the bar bend down so now I don't have the problem I was having before. It's not really what I was wanting to do, but it works. I still have to make it a little cleaner and cut some extra material off of it.

 

[ironman]

o yea that looks nice and strong

 

[kibble]

A couple of new pictures. One is of the throttle. I have yet to connect it to the pedal though. The second is of the tubing through which the wires run to the rear of the kart. My goal is to have this all up and running by the end of next Friday. I am planning to video tape on Saturday the 12th. Keep your eyes peeled for a video sometime that weekend, I hope.

 

[kibble]

Mounted the gas tank today. I was hoping to get more done, but that didn't happen. Tomorrow I'm gonna be working on it for as much as I can. One picture is of the tank where I drilled two holes to mount it to an angled bar that I welded to the back of the seat. After I took that picture, I accidentally dropped my camera in a bucket of water. Fortunately, I took it apart immediately and sprayed the main circuit board and flash board with contact cleaner/lubricant to displace any of the water on them. then I set the boards, lens and all the other parts on top of my computer where it has an exhaust fan that blows hot air out of it and they dried up. I tested it and still works fine!

The second picture is of the tank mounted on the kart. I took that pic with my cell because that was right after I had dropped the camera in the water so you can tell that it's not as clear.

Hey, Robert, is this thread getting to long?

 

[ironman]

that tank setup look good looks like you could buy that setup from the store.