Offroad big block buggy

[Master Hack]

So what are ya doing after lunch?

 

[Eztrail]

Mayden voyage was a disaster, horrible bumpsteer. I was afraid of that. I knew the tierod placement was horrible. 2 weeks from my trip and need to start over
Going to kinda copy red beards garage. Yerf dog front end

 

[Eztrail]

 

[Eztrail]

 

[Eztrail]

Too busy working on it to document progress.

 

[Eztrail]

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Looking good.

 

[Eztrail]

Thank you, threw a quick thin coat of oil based enamel on it.
Got it assembled and tested drive was successful.

 

[Master Hack]

What is that steering rack? That looks like a nice setup. I could use onea dem.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Looking good man! Need to move the kart though, motorcycles only. Just sayin..........

 

[Eztrail]

Golf cart steering rack. Fairly cheap, but if it can handle a heavier machine with a couple overweight dudes. It should work on a gokart just fine lol

 

[Master Hack]

It should work on a gokart just fine lol

Looks like its made for that. Nice work.

 

[Eztrail]

Did some carb tuning. Landed on a 220 main jet for now.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

How's the front end handle?

 

[Eztrail]

Front handled great. Did some hot laps around the property about 75% and zero issues.

 

[Eztrail]

Anything different about bleeding these brakes from standard auto brakes? Not making any progress. (Entire system is new)

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

China calipers?
Yeah they suck.
No different than car brakes.
I put an oil pump can with a tube on the bleed screw and push fluid up to the master. Take fluid out of the master as it fills.

 

[Eztrail]

Yup China calipers, will try some more tomorrow

 

[Edwin Spangler]

China calipers?
Yeah they suck.
No different than car brakes.
I put an oil pump can with a tube on the bleed screw and push fluid up to the master. Take fluid out of the master as it fills.

Arent you worried about pushing stuff up into the master's seal? All the old sediment and gunk accumulates at the very end of the lines. I use a 4 hose vacuum attachment that I made. Turn on the vacuum and crack the bleeders one at a time.

 

[Eztrail]

Well I did some gravity bleeding of the brakes today. Probably refilled the small master cylinder a dozen times. (Without letting it run dry)
I have about .025" between the pad and the rotor and when depressing the brakes there is barley any contact.
On a scale of 1 to 10, today the brakes started at a 1 and are probably a 2 now. Big improvement % wise but they still suck. Gonna buy a harbor freight brake bleeder tomorrow and try that.