NEW Designs! Re-Imagined Clutches!!!!! Dynamic Suspensions!!! Go-kart from ****

[mkIVgladiator]

my build was set up to be immune to rain or lakes but still spin free .... its a single seater ... brakes are yet to be installed. All of the go-karts videos above are probably worse rides than this one.... this one seater has a dynamic single coil suspension and tops out at 40-45mph friend clocked me going up hill on a road. This go kart has....
-$90 heavy duty ebay 1 inch bore clutch has been re-engineering
-$50Tecumseh 10hp motor off of a snowblower ...purchased
-$80 go-kart complete chassey wheels and everything else off craigslist
-$5 bicycle cable attached to gas pedal.... throttle has a retract spring


















https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDqIMmhPXA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD30fBeGenw&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOwl2ZJoCQg&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf02cmZQ0aQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[landuse]

Welcome. What is that attached to the clutch?

 

[mkIVgladiator]

I got it off a snowblower... bearing carriage w/ three bolt hook up.. I don't know if you can find them at a tractor supply or something... but I just took it from a snowblower gear crank .... so I cut it w/ a angle grinder and welded it onto the clutches 1 inch bore shaft....

i welded the three round stock pipes w/ a $89 arc stick welder i got off ebay... w/ medium sticks i got from home depot... and use 110w power hookup but installed a fuse that doesn't blow the circuit brakers... using a stick i could get in there and weld both side of the quarter stock where the three half round cut pipes meet the flywheel sprocket

 

[landuse]

So what is so great about the clutch. I haven't looked at the vids, as bandwidth is an issue with me. Maybe explain to us how it is "immune" to water

 

[landuse]

I just watched the vids again, and all you are doing is spinning the clutch with something badly welded on. I don't get it??

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Just what is the purpose of that thing welded to the clutch? Is that where you attach the rockets?

 

[Poboy kartman]

I'm thinking all it does is allow him to attach a clutch to a snowblower PTO.

Also thinking he had something else in mind...but it's just a failed concept.

IDK....Looks like so much junk to me and something to fly off and give you a serious headache.

 

[mkIVgladiator]

yeah well it works like a bicycle 10 speed concept

like that movie Quicksilver 1986 ... movie about 10 speed bikes.... anyways i'll finish grinding and show what i use to get in the spots... and show it in full operation.... sorry it's taking me longer than expected i don't like to keep people waiting pissed off.....

 

[landuse]

like that movie Quicksilver 1986 ... movie about 10 speed bikes.... anyways i'll finish grinding and show what i use to get in the spots... and show it in full operation.... sorry it's taking me longer than expected i don't like to keep people waiting pissed off.....

We still don't know what the heck you are trying to do!!!!! If you would just take a little time to try and explain, instead of posting 6 second videos of you turning something, then maybe we could appreciate what you are doing. The fact that you are not finished doesn't stop you from explaining the concept to us

 

[Poboy kartman]

We still don't know what the heck you are trying to do!!!!! If you would just take a little time to try and explain, instead of posting 6 second videos of you turning something, then maybe we could appreciate what you are doing. The fact that you are not finished doesn't stop you from explaining the concept to us

Yeah....got this funny feeling....this is gonna be one of THOSE guys! Yep....we're gonna get SCHOOLED again....by a guy too insecure to post his failed concept ahead of time or take a couple of minutes to fill out a profile!

Yeah hand me a bag.....

 

[mkIVgladiator]

fair enough i'll explain

this is how it's going to work i guess... when you press on the gas the suspension is going to go down as the clutch opened against the pressure plate letting all stress off the bearing... the bearing welded is there just for noise reduction and when you let off the gas and the suspension raises theres no stress on the clutch sprocket.... in essence
symbionts working together to achieve less stress on the clutch structure... but i smashed on my welds w/ a 10 pound sludge... stick welding if held in proper position achieves greater heat and deeper penetration in even metal you believe to be considerably thin... i will post a video of it fully riding in action just did not have the time to align the reverse sprocket tensioner ... but as you see it's a flawless design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDu1YD0Rzg&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKGlRqv2Wvg&feature=youtu.be
http://i66.tinypic.com/23kt9c0.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/2hp6a0m.jpg

 

[landuse]

I still don't really understand. Why would there be stress on the bearing/sprocket in the first place, and even if there was, if the clutch is being used for what it is designed for, then you won't need to reduce stress

Also, what has this got to do with rain or lakes

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

This tensioner mechanism is on the "pulling" side of the chain, where the engine has the chain in tension when the clutch is engaged. This will cause the "slack" side of the chain to flop around like a fish out of water, and probably fall off.

 

[mkIVgladiator]

I didn't have room for the tensioner in the inside b/c of how far the spring lowers

Maybe i can set up a set of gears on "slack" part of the chain... I do have a-lot of extra sprockets ... but will have to probably move the engine towards the back to have room for the tensioner on the front..... still going to try this design and post video

 

[Poboy kartman]

Ummmmm....yeah, I MIGHT have to eat my words on this one....but...I don't think we're going to see anything worth it here....

Is it just coincidence this started so close to 4/20?

 

[mkIVgladiator]

instead of moving the motor and stuff


i considered just modifying a bar that the chain may rub on from the "slack" AND add supports to support the coil springs contraction. In additional adding another much smaller sprocket tensioner mechanism because i have the parts from a snowblowers gears making this a two piece tension system

 

[landuse]

Maybe another jackshaft?? Or two?

 

[mkIVgladiator]

yeah well.... to make sure theres no slack you put 2 tensioners on both sides... i know they don't do that anywhere else ... usually 1 or no tensioners although cars just have timing belt/chain for the cam's synchonization and doesn't transfer any power... it's going to be funny to see the suspension go down when you hit the gas... and see the spring act as a strut

 

[Denny]

Ok, I'll just come right out and say it. Just what is that mess you welded onto the clutch supposed to do other than fly off at high speed and kill some innocent bystander?

Denny

 

[mckutzy]

Wow, that a good laugh for first thing on a Sunday morning.
I could have thought of a better way to ruin a perfectly good, Not so cheap clutch.
The usual bad gearing method works good alot...... but the welded something on for no good reason method is sure a winner when times are.....bored......

The reason why your having tensioning problems, is that the motor should be on the swing arm, or a jackshaft at the point of pivot to connect to the rear wheel.

Your giving FR15 a run for his money on this one.....

Maybe 3 or more jackshafts might help it out......

Edit: Wow this is more of a death trap than I expected...... Thank you OP for super hi-res pic of this hunk of welded scrap....
Now this isn't my normal pick at on someones ride...... but this is a winner...
Check out the pivots of the swing arm.....literally an eyebolt(albeit braced) that clamps a rubber bushing and a washers......Not to mention the intense bombing raid of the metal sh!t hawks.....Like how many boxes of rods did you burn for no use on that thing other than just wanting to burn rod.......
Clearly money isnt an issue here(clearly).... and since this isnt the third world or post apocalyptic era....... why..........

I recommend an immediate backhoeing, to render that......assemblage...... inoperable.... and to be smelted into ships ballast...