Metal Shop Kart Pair

[BaselessEarth12]

Here's where I'm having problems.

 

[fowler]

ok not the best pic

a few methods
first a six sided socket

the next size down socket and hammer it on
for eg
if it was an 18mm nut
use an 11/16 socket
this size is slightly smaller and wont fit a good nut
but u can hammer it onto a rounded one

a cold chisel and smash it off

gas axe and cut it off

drill out the bolt to the biggest size u can then cold chisel

u should always be useing six sided sockets on an impact gun
firstly they aviod this
second
unless your school is very rich and using snap on sockets
theyre the only ones making multi hex impact sockets

impact sockets are softer and don't explode if put on a rattle gun
they just crack

im a heavy deisel mechanic
and yes i do it all the time
iv had a 1/2 inch multi hex socket on a one inch impact gun
it worked

but i have had both impact and non impact sockets fail
impact sockets just make a loud ping
non impact literally explde and throw bits everywhere

just a warning

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Got the front axle apart. Just need to get a longer spindle bolt, some joints, and longer tie rods. Can only post 1 pic at a time from my iPad... And I wasn't the one to round the head. A classmate was. He decided a socket that was 1/16" too big was a good idea...

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Here's the axle.

 

[java230]

get in there with a peanut grinder. Should be able to get most of the nut ground off. Then cold chisel it.

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Going to start laying out the new subframe. Am just too friggin' tired and sore from yesterday's race to do much of any heavy work today. Course was so bad, FOUR ambulances were called, AND a girl had to have MEDEVAC LiFlight.

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Any idea what is meant by "1-2 TL Bushings (1" diameter, 2" length and takes a 5/8 bolt)"?

 

[firemanjim]

http://www.bbman.com/products/bushings/taper-lock-bushings.html
Taper lock bushings....

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Which, sadly, is exactly what I'm NOT looking for... I am looking for bushings to use as pivot points on the a-arms. Might end up needing to fab my own...

 

[firemanjim]

Buy some cheap car bushings for an import or small American car..... there are a few out there that would work good.

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Good news, everyone! I just found out that the engine of the golf cart is actually a huge component of the swing arm! Kinda thinking about using 2 upper snowmobile control arms, then building a subframe for them to mount to for the front. I'm also thinking that a thick enough solid steel plate would be enough to use as a motor mount/swingarm piece.

 

[OzFab]

Am just too friggin' tired and sore from yesterday's race to do much of any heavy work today. Course was so bad, FOUR ambulances were called, AND a girl had to have MEDEVAC LiFlight.

Oooh, that doesn't sound good... did you win?

 

[Denny]

I used to sell and service those and I can tell you first hand those things get real ill tempered around 30 mph. The steering rack has too much play built in to it to keep steady and is far too fragile> Yes the housing likes to snap off just above the big pivot at any sign of abuse. To pull the primary clutch you WILL need the special puller there is no way around that. Start spraying the rear clutch with PB Blaster now and in a week you can usually beat it off. The only thing I would keep from the front end is the hubs and spindles if you can weld really well, no built in camber in them and no ackerman.

Denny

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Sadly, no... I got somewhere around 30th out of about 85. As for the hubs and spindles, there IS ackerman geometry... I'm not the best welder in the world (at least on round, mostly rusted out soccer goal), but I can get a decent bead going! So, any recommendations about a replacement steering rack? One that I don't have to modify the frame too much (because the frame is basically still brand new!)?

 

[BaselessEarth12]

No school today, so can't get any work done on the cart... So, any ideas that would work better than the steel plate for the rear swingarm? I was just thinking converting the spring mounts into swing points would be easier than fabbing some up, then just using where the leafs connect to the axle as the new arm mounts. But, this brings up the question of where, and how, to mount up the engine if I do choose this path...

 

[firemanjim]

If you're going to use the spring perches for pivots, then build a custom swingarm out of tube,square or round....

 

[BaselessEarth12]

It was just a thought... But which would be easier? Steel plate, or custom swingarm?

 

[firemanjim]

Steel plate still needs a frame. Just build a swingarm out of tubing. Save weight and time.....

 

[BaselessEarth12]

Well, the steel plate would just replace the engine block as the load-baring center section of the stock setup. But, with a custom swingarm I can lower the axle, and get more travel out of it...

 

[BaselessEarth12]

I did not get a chance to take any pics of it today, but I got the engine out! There seems to be about 8-10" of gap between the two parts of the stock swingarm.