Blazkowiez
Kart Aficionado
Doesn't look like toast to me, looks like you'll need to purchase some strap steel and cut off the old control arm and weld a new one to the spindle to fix it, however it shouldn't just be "replaced" so easily.
Manco broken spindles
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Doc Sprocket
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I'm working under the assumption that if repair was an option, the OP would simply have done so, no?
Blazkowiez
Kart Aficionado
I have to fight this one tooth and nail unless the op lives in a place where welding does not exist for the common man.
kaymo
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If you are working on a go kart, and you dont have a [buddy with a] welder, then you are doing it wrong. spindles are too easy to make, and since ackermann angle is determined by your individual kart dimensions the best spindles are built not bought.
then again i believe most everything is better built not bought
then again i believe most everything is better built not bought
Doc Sprocket
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Oh hey- I'm with you on that- I'd have fixed them too, no probs. However, not everyone HAS access to welding equipment...
Amen, brutha!If you are working on a go kart, and you dont have a [buddy with a] welder, then you are doing it wrong. spindles are too easy to make, and since ackermann angle is determined by your individual kart dimensions the best spindles are built not bought.
then again i believe most everything is better built not bought
OzFab
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Well, I have all kinda welders... stick, mig, tig and oxy/acetylene .....and you're right, that would have been easy enough to fix, but I am sorta swamped with several other projects right now, and this kart is pretty low on my priority list at the moment. Anyway I found brand new ones for $12/each so they are on their way here now. I'll snap a pic or two when I get em on there.
kaymo
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hmmm... please excuse me if im being a jerk, it is not intended... but in the time that you joined a kart forum, posted pics, found spindles online, ordered them, removed them from the box, and installed them, and then took pictures for us to see... one would think you could have simply fixed the ones you have... possibly without even removing them... and saved yourself 24 dollars. I too am buried in projects, but i dont think thats a valid reason not to fix your spindles...
im sorry if i am seem to be rude, but im just confused why someone with access and one would assume the skill to use all those welders, would spend 24 extra dollars on a few dollars worth of welding wire and gas.
again in no way disrespect... but i think its important for everyone (and myself) to look at the way they do things and see if there isnt a better way to do them, and not just do the same ol thing because its the way you've always done it. Sometimes I do something and it takes a lot longer than it should have and i force myself to look at it and say "WTF was i thinking?" and try not to over-complicate things.
and also force myself not to start a project by looking online and buying everything shiny that would fit my project
and remember, when you build it, they will come..
no wait, thats field of dreams.. i meant
If you build it, you will have much more pride in it than if you bought it.
im sorry if i am seem to be rude, but im just confused why someone with access and one would assume the skill to use all those welders, would spend 24 extra dollars on a few dollars worth of welding wire and gas.
again in no way disrespect... but i think its important for everyone (and myself) to look at the way they do things and see if there isnt a better way to do them, and not just do the same ol thing because its the way you've always done it. Sometimes I do something and it takes a lot longer than it should have and i force myself to look at it and say "WTF was i thinking?" and try not to over-complicate things.
and also force myself not to start a project by looking online and buying everything shiny that would fit my project
and remember, when you build it, they will come..
no wait, thats field of dreams.. i meant
If you build it, you will have much more pride in it than if you bought it.
Doc Sprocket
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hmmm... please excuse me if im being a jerk, it is not intended... but in the time that you joined a kart forum, posted pics, found spindles online, ordered them, removed them from the box, and installed them, and then took pictures for us to see... one would think you could have simply fixed the ones you have... possibly without even removing them... and saved yourself 24 dollars. I too am buried in projects, but i dont think thats a valid reason not to fix your spindles...
im sorry if i am seem to be rude, but im just confused why someone with access and one would assume the skill to use all those welders, would spend 24 extra dollars on a few dollars worth of welding wire and gas.
again in no way disrespect... but i think its important for everyone (and myself) to look at the way they do things and see if there isnt a better way to do them, and not just do the same ol thing because its the way you've always done it. Sometimes I do something and it takes a lot longer than it should have and i force myself to look at it and say "WTF was i thinking?" and try not to over-complicate things.
and also force myself not to start a project by looking online and buying everything shiny that would fit my project
and remember, when you build it, they will come..
no wait, thats field of dreams.. i meant
If you build it, you will have much more pride in it than if you bought it.
I guess I'm a jerk too! I was thinking it, just wasn't sure if it oughta be said. My bad for assuming there was no welding machine available. Why? 'Cuz it made sense to just fix them if it was an option in the first place... This is a "DIY" forum, no question. A good and proper repair, not including cooling and paint drying would have been 1-2 hrs. We're not rebuilding an engine.
hmmm... please excuse me if im being a jerk, it is not intended... but in the time that you joined a kart forum, posted pics, found spindles online, ordered them, removed them from the box, and installed them, and then took pictures for us to see... one would think you could have simply fixed the ones you have... possibly without even removing them... and saved yourself 24 dollars. I too am buried in projects, but i dont think thats a valid reason not to fix your spindles...
im sorry if i am seem to be rude, but im just confused why someone with access and one would assume the skill to use all those welders, would spend 24 extra dollars on a few dollars worth of welding wire and gas.
again in no way disrespect... but i think its important for everyone (and myself) to look at the way they do things and see if there isnt a better way to do them, and not just do the same ol thing because its the way you've always done it. Sometimes I do something and it takes a lot longer than it should have and i force myself to look at it and say "WTF was i thinking?" and try not to over-complicate things.
and also force myself not to start a project by looking online and buying everything shiny that would fit my project
and remember, when you build it, they will come..
no wait, thats field of dreams.. i meant
If you build it, you will have much more pride in it than if you bought it.
Well, I won't bother taking pix and posting them when the spindles come in...... you're right, nothing interesting in that. I've been a carpenter, millwright and mechanic for 35 years now. I've built many choppers, trikes and hotrods from boxes of mismatched parts. Theres not a **** thing difficult about fixing those spindles, but you gotta realize, I wasn't even looking for a gokart when I got this thing.... I live way out in the stix back a 1/4 mile gravel and mud lane that looks more like a mine field than a road. I don't even have a place to run this thing once I fix it. I have a 81 shovelhead in pieces, a knucklehead trike that needs attention, a Super Vee motor I am rebuilding, two CB550's and a BW200 and 5 minibikes I'm working on besides a 92 F-150 4x4 that needs work. This junky *** go kart is the least of my worries at the moment. I'm just gonna fix it enough so it works and sell it on Craigslist. Maybe some of you guys are retired, or work a cushy *** job or have a nice heated garage to work in but I don't. I'm hammerdrilling, building walls, suspended ceilings, hanging drywall, finishing it and painting it all day long...... at 53 that stuff tires ya out a little. Up and down ladders 85,000 times a freakin day... it gets old. Plus, the only place I have to work is an unheated 12'x12' shed and its packed to the rafters with other projects. And the temp hasn't got above 30 for the last few days. All I know is some of you guys need to walk a mile in my shoes before you start telling me I should be wasting my precious time on a very low priority project, after workin like a dog all day, in the freezin cold. Screw that gokart....... I only bought it for the motor anyway..... the **** thing is lucky I'm payin it any attention at all.
WOW, I love it. Great stuff Man.
tcgs13
Redneck
i actually have the same problem but mine is worse, does anybody know how to fix the part of the frame that the spindle bracket is welded to it is bent pretty bad. (not trying to steal the thead just wondering.)
Start a new thread and post some pics of your problem. We should be able to help you out
Ok, slapped the spindles on in about 20 minutes..... had to straighten the steering linkage and adjust it so the wheels were straight. This little sucker flies.... has a 5.5 hp clone engine that starts with one pull. Darn thing about snapped my neck zooming down my potholed lane, but once out on the road it was a blast. Need to rig up some brakes before I sell it though. If it had some suspension, I might keep it.... just no place good to drive this thing around here.
Cheers to you buddy... too often guys on this board get caught up on trying to Mcguyver something together so they don't have to spend ANY money when they could just spend the CORRECT amount of money and have it fixed in 10 minutes. I'm not rich either. But i value my time. I'm not going to spend half a day welding an end on a rusted piece of scrap metal just to say it might work to barely get the job done when i can just get a new part for $12 and be riding in 20 minutes.
Doc Sprocket
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C'mon Ezee- rattling your brains into custard is half the fun!!!
TeamCheap
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wha'd I miss 
...........looks like I got here late but nice kart anyway.
...........looks like I got here late but nice kart anyway.
jandj
Active member
Got 'em on my manco and they work fine.
Check jack's small engines for great prices on azusa stuff.
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