Kibble's Kontinued-Kontinued Kart Konstruction

[kibble]

Well since my other thread was locked....*cough* robert *cough*... LOL JK

Anyways, I got some time today to do a little bit of work on my kart. Not much was done, I just mounted the rotors for the brakes and a few other little things.

I took a vid of my engine running to show how the mechanism works. You can see in the video that I didn't tighten up some of the bolts/nuts because one of them falls off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46pvDQg5qMI

 

[RobertD]

looks great!

 

[2or3wheels]

haha good thing it didnt go flying.

 

[kibble]

New pics, new pics, new pics!!!

I did some work today. Started working on the seat but only got the backrest done. In the pics it's actually on the bottom as if it was the seat. I ran out of foam material for the bottom of the seat.

Welded a piece of square tubing on the rear to support the pillow blocks.

Mounted the steering wheel, not permanently yet because I'll have to raise it a bit; it's too low. The steering wheel will be a different one, not that ugly red one. You can't really tell in the pics but it looks like crap. I got a brand new one, identical to it for $2 from a pep boys store that was closing down

I'll be mounting the calipers for the brakes soon, maybe tomorrow.

 

[ed1380]

looks great. this the same kart you were planning on selling?

btw is the master cylinder by any chance from an eclipse?

 

[kibble]

Selling? I never said anything about selling it. LOL This is the only kart I've ever built. Maybe it was somebody else you're thinking of.

I don't remember what I took the master cylinder out of. I was just looking around the junkyard and saw this one that looked very easy to take out, so I did.

 

[ironman]

man looks great like the whole axle set up. where did you buy those bearing caps from

 

[kibble]

I got those on ebay along with most of the other stuff like the brake rotors/calipers, the axle itself, the clutch, and the small sprocket.

 

[ironman]

have you had a chance to ride it yet. man that axle setup really looks good but with all the rear parts do you think it will take away from your power.

 

[kibble]

No, can't ride it yet. I still need to finish up the brakes and finish up the steering I have to mount the seat, line up the bearings and tighten them down and mount the fuel tank somewhere. There's other small details as well.

I hope I don't lose too much power. I had to make the drive that way because the shaft coming out of the engine wasn't 3/4 or 1" so I couldn't find a suitable clutch. The Pulley mounted on the engine is the same size as the one on the jackshaft going into the clutch, 3" I think. I made it that way so it's almost like having the clutch straight on the crankshaft.

Last night I welded the mounts for the brake calipers and the master cylinder. I ran some of the tubing from the master cylinder to the rear and from there it's going to a set of couplers that will be used to connect them to the calipers. I will take pics later.

 

[jr dragster T]

is that gold'ish drum the clutch if so how did you connect it up, there is a shaft with a pulley going in from one side and another shaft with the sprocket on it going out the other side.

 

[kibble]

That's exactly right. The clutch has a 3/4" input and a 3/4" output. The bore doesn't go all the way through so one side is attached to the pulley and the other goes to the sprocket.

 

[gustopf]

lol thats the same steering wheel i have, i took a kill switch off an old, stihl o28 and it fits right in the smallest hole and tightened it down then just ran the wire up the steering support. just thought id mention it

 

[kibble]

I was thinking of putting some switches for a few things on it, I'm just not sure I'd want it on the wheel itself. Thanks for the idea though.

Here's some pics I took of the brake system. I need to trim down some of the brake lines as they're too long right now. I'm not gonna trim them though until I put both of the holders for the lines in place. Right now I have only made one.

 

[ironman]

Man you got some great ideas going into that kart good pic. how did you come up with that brake setup looks good .

 

[kibble]

Thanks! I just build it as the ideas come to me. I just have an idea in my head as to what I want it to look like and I just work from that. I'll put parts together just temporarily to see what they will look like and if I end up liking it, then I go ahead and make them permanent.

 

[ironman]

what width of rim did you go with for your setup.on you first picture when you look at the front rims are you useing a spacer or some type of sleeve on it.i bought a set of rims for mine but they are skinny and the wheels slide side to side about 3inches.

 

[kibble]

Ironman, I believe the width of my rims are 12" in the rear and 8" in the front. I don't remember exactly what I have. On the front I am using spacers to keep the wheels from shifting side to side. If I didn't, I'd probably have it shift about 3 inches, like you said.

 

[2or3wheels]

make spaces ironman.

 

[ironman]

do you think using those spacer are going to give you any problems with wear on the bearings.