Please help me fix my kart.

[maq1919]

I have a klipper kart dont know what model it is. Got it of craigslist. Starts first pull. Hesitates to accelerate. Engine will be at high rpm and kart will not move. seems to do this after I've been driving it for a couble of minutes. Gets worse everytime I drive it. Chain smokes too. Any fixes. Ideas. Has a 5 horsepower briggs & stratton.

 

[B.M.800]

Clutch might be shot. A decent clutch could be had for around $40.
Unless it has a TC?

 

[maq1919]

Whats a tc?

Its chain driven

 

[B.M.800]

It only has 1 clutch then? Then I would assume alls you need to do is get a new clutch, they arnt really all that expensive.

 

[Russ2251]

Tire diameter, tooth count on clutch, tooth count on driven sprocket, and chain size is needed to determine if driveline is correct.
I suspect an overload. If so, a new clutch will do the same thing.

 

[B.M.800]

Listen to this guy ^ He knows his stuff.

 

[maq1919]

Overloading because i'm too fat?

engine only 5 horse power. I weigh 240. Is that what you mean by overloading. Or something else. Besides I forgot to say. the guy I got it from said he put a new clutch in it.

 

[maq1919]

another thing I noniced.

Sometimes rpms stay lower even when floored and kart moves normal.

 

[B.M.800]

He means the gearing might be too high. Your not too fat, I got my lead but too!

Is the gearing original, did you change anything on it?

 

[maq1919]

never changed anything

all stock.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

We still need tooth counts on the clutch and axle sprockets, as well as overall tire diameter, as measured from the ground to the very top of the tire tread.

It is also possible that the kart originally had a CVT, and the PO swapped it out for a clutch. If that's the case, the gear ratio is no longer appropriate.

 

[Budzeno]

I have almost the same problem. The guy i got the kart from put slightly larger wheels on the thing. I donno why it stalls out it worked find for the first 10 riding hours. But my smokes from the clutch too

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I have almost the same problem. The guy i got the kart from put slightly larger wheels on the thing. I donno why it stalls out it worked find for the first 10 riding hours. But my smokes from the clutch too

Then you're overgeared, too. Clutch may be damaged.

 

[Russ2251]

Please supply info requested in post #5. Will help to diagnose problem...promise!!!

A properly setup driveline will never overheat or smoke.

 

[landuse]

A properly setup driveline will never overheat or smoke.

I can attest to that. I can ride my minibikeall day long and still touch my clutch drum after. It only gets warm