prometheusEDI
New member
Well guys, I hate for my first post to be a problem but it is what it is.
I just picked up my kart today and while incomplete and to my standards needing much work it does run - but the clutch is for lack of a better term funky. Here's the deal - on pull starting it, it'll engage the clutch at a very low RPM, before the engine spins up to low idle even and stalls the thing. a push start alleviates this problem but at times the clutch seems to bind and kills the motor (somehow, I could be wrong - this is new to me). Either time when watching it, the thing oscillates/vibrates and makes almost the same sound a bad bearing would make on a fan motor or something.
I have no more description to give other than it's a hilliard extreme duty 3/4" shaft clutch. I have not inspected it for it being out of adjustment or damaged - because I have not a clue what Im doing on such a system - I'm used to idler pulleys and belts such as on all terrain lawn tractors
Anyway, the thing injured me twice - once when the throttle stuck on a corner as the clutch also stuck (odd combination) the motor stalled and I flipped it over completely back onto it's wheels - and the 2nd, once I got up out of anger to push it back, the thing pop started on it's own and tried taking off - even though the motor was on low idle.
I refuse to ride it at all or let my boy even come near it until I can fix this stuff...
I just picked up my kart today and while incomplete and to my standards needing much work it does run - but the clutch is for lack of a better term funky. Here's the deal - on pull starting it, it'll engage the clutch at a very low RPM, before the engine spins up to low idle even and stalls the thing. a push start alleviates this problem but at times the clutch seems to bind and kills the motor (somehow, I could be wrong - this is new to me). Either time when watching it, the thing oscillates/vibrates and makes almost the same sound a bad bearing would make on a fan motor or something.
I have no more description to give other than it's a hilliard extreme duty 3/4" shaft clutch. I have not inspected it for it being out of adjustment or damaged - because I have not a clue what Im doing on such a system - I'm used to idler pulleys and belts such as on all terrain lawn tractors
Anyway, the thing injured me twice - once when the throttle stuck on a corner as the clutch also stuck (odd combination) the motor stalled and I flipped it over completely back onto it's wheels - and the 2nd, once I got up out of anger to push it back, the thing pop started on it's own and tried taking off - even though the motor was on low idle.
I refuse to ride it at all or let my boy even come near it until I can fix this stuff...
