straight line only

[jeffm352]

my cart is done but it wont turn it just pushes the front end.well i should say it turns if you have a big enough circle realy big circle. i thought it might be to light on the front end sense my motor weighs 124 pounds so i put 50 pounds of weight in the front but that dint help much. its a factory bought frame so the steering armes are correct

any segestions

 

[Rickracer]

Post some pics, it will be a LOT easier to figure out what's going on with it.

 

[sideways]

have you got proper ackerman theory steering? if you dont know what that is then look here

Hayden

 

[Unconcerned]

I have a dingo cart with a 15hp engine slapped on and it doesnt turn very well largely due to the lack of a differential in the rear end and how light the front end is. The bigass tires in the rear have too much traction for the fronts to overcome so instead of the front forcing one of the rears to scrub it mostly plows the front tires straight unless your on something loose or you put the hammer down and slid it round. Maybe same problem your having?

 

[bigfootrules31]

my gokart did that , the only way it turned is by having someone sit on the front of it.
mabye get 2 old car bateries and put them on the front

 

[iRenaat]

My first kart had the same problem...

So I made a kart with ONE rear wheel only, no need for a differential .

My last kart is narrower in the rear than in the front. It looks nice (a bit like an old Citroën DS:
http://www.automag.be/IMG/citroen_d... [IMG]http://i34.tinypic.com/ezqqad.jpg[/IMG]