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[sayre315]

and is the ANSI chian size "35ss"?

 

[Russ2251]

SS indicates stainless steel. The 35 is the chain size.
Pretty expensive stuff and is overkill for what we need.

 

[sayre315]

ok thanks Mr. Russ

 

[Russ2251]

ANSI=American National Standards Institute

This is the premium chain I use. Can be gotten elsewhere for slightly less.
HKK #35 Chain
or this (nickel plated):
HKK #35 Nickel plated chain
Both of these chains are identical. The nickel plated just looks better and is a couple of buck$ more.

 

[sayre315]

i have a Q on the diff Mr Kibble
if you were to jack the back of your kart up and turn one whel
how easily would the other one turn?

 

[kibble]

If I lift up the back and turn one wheel, the other one turns with it. If I hold one wheel in place and rotate the other one, the Sprocket on the diff starts turning faster than the wheel I'm rotating. If I hold the diff in place and rotate one wheel, the other rotates in the opposite direction.

 

[sayre315]

exactly, im sorry if i was very understandable
when you said that if you hole the diff in place and turn one wheel and the other spins opposet, how easily is it to spin?

 

[kibble]

Oh, it's not too dificult, there's some resistance, but I can't help it because the whole diff isn't enclosed so there's no gear oil or anything to lubricate it. I have to grease it up every once in a while.

 

[sayre315]

so most diff's do not have hardly any resistance?
bc my parents and another couple own a janitorial company and they just parted out a couple of scrubbers or somthing like that and they have diffs on them. he said if i wanted one i could have it but it hase bearly any resistance

 

[kibble]

I think it would be best If I made a video for you to show you what you're asking.

 

[sayre315]

that would be AWSOME! plaese do Mr. Kibble

 

[kibble]

Give me some time though. I got some stuff going on and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to it this weekend. I'll try to do it soon though.

 

[sayre315]

alirghty

 

[2or3wheels]

just get the parts, worse comes to worse you get rid of it later.

 

[sayre315]

well if i get it i will be building the kart around the diff
bc its only 29" long

 

[sayre315]

well Mr. Kibble, i got the differential from my daad yesturday and its great!
BC it was from a parted out scrubber thingy, it had 4 pillow block bearings on there.
so i took it apart jus to look inside and the inside looks alot like yours
its got 1 beveled gear atatched to each shafts and 2 free spinning ones.
but i have a quick question about wheel hubs

 

[sayre315]

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk10/sayre315_bucket/IMG_0014.jpg
theres 4 pics on there

 

[kibble]

Wow! That's excellent! Sorry I still haven't gotten around to showing what I did. I've been kind of busy working on some other stuff here lately, fixing other peoples cars and what not.

The way that looks set up, it should be REALLY easy to put into a project.

 

[sayre315]

thank you very much
its alright, all i have is time
actually, all i realy need to know is, how much resistance if you were to jack up and turn one wheel
also, i wouldnt mind getting the gear ratio you used

 

[homemade]

me and my friend are building a 2 man go cart the width is 42" my question is how long should my axle be and how do i mount it? Also i want to put a Centrifugal Clutch on it too.

P.S. its a wood frame