Mini monster truck rebuild

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Got some good work done recently, I was able to cut the spindle arms down about 3/4” redrilled the holes and put them back on.
Next issue was the large tie rod was roughly 1.5” to long, the left side was straight and the right side was waaaaaaay out in right field. After some time and figuring, I decided to shave the rod down on my lathe and re-thread the 3/8-24 pitch. Had to buy a Die but it worked out perfect. Once I did this I reassembled the tie rods and made my adjustments to get the front tires straight as possible.
I then made a coupling for the original steering wheel shaft that will basically have bolt ms for set screws to hold it together.

 

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Some more progress

 

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Did a func test run of the gearbox forward and reverse directions and it went well. The belt isn’t slipping enough so it’s engaging the driven so I’ll need to adjust that.

 

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Video:

April 4, 2026

Forward/Reverse gearbox testing on the F.W. And associates go kart monster truck.

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[Grizzlymi]

Sweet! Now you just need to convert to 4WD!

 

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Little bit of an update, got the shifter handle, throttle and brake cables hooked up, as well as the front and rear bumper. I went for a test drive and EVERYTHING needs adjusting BUT!!!!! It runs and drives, hopefully these things will be minor, (fingers crossed) . However the band brakes do not stop this thing. I have 2 cable clamps on the brake cable because the cable kept pulling through the clamping screw, which was super tight and lock-tighter (blue) and did not hold down the cable. Still have a long way to go though.