BMPoland1993
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Hey forum,
I am new so I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Benedykt and I come from Poland, although I am also a British national.
My adventure with buggies/gokarts began roughly a year ago when I decided that I should put my skills to use and build something cool. I always wanted a buggy/gokart, but instead of buying one I began searching for plans on the internet and stumbled upon the Arachnid SpiderCart buggy/gokart, which for me at the time looked like a dream project. I thought that its completion would take me no more than 3 months. It's been a year and a bit now.
When I rolled out of the garage of the mechanic down the road (who was a really honest guy and was always helpful) I immediately noticed that my tav40 CVT (I have a 420cc lifan engine) started buckling, ratlling, making a whole cacophony of noises, and as I depressed the gas pedal even more the whole thing went from bad to worse. Upon inspection I noticed that the noise was coming from the driven unit. When I looked at it while pressing the gas pedal slightly, the driven was operating abnormally and I also noticed that the teeth were skipping over each other, producing a horrible metalic noise.
So.. I bought another one. Installed it on my engine (the drive pulley on my CVT is intended to be installed the other way round, as the instructions illustrate) and the problem occurred again. My thought was that it's impossible that both converters were broken, that perhaps I installed the whole unit wrong.. or maybe some other explanation was possible.
So I found a motorcycle repair shop down the road and showed them my gokart and presented the problem. I waited for 4 months for them to fix it (they had to strengthen some parts and make other adjustments as me and the other mechanic made mistakes which couldn't be left unattended.) Today it was ready for pickup, and the mechanic told me that he had eliminated the problem. Sadly, as I sat in the go kart and started moving, that same noise began again. However, and thankfully, as i started speeding up the noise dissipated and I was able to go full throttle back home and even drifted a little on the thawed ice and snow on my driveway and lawn.
But the problem emerges again and again during low speed and just as the vehicle starts moving.
If there I anyone out there who encountered similar issues with their TAV40 then I would be very grateful for any help you might be able to provide.
Thanks,
Benedykt.
I am new so I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Benedykt and I come from Poland, although I am also a British national.
My adventure with buggies/gokarts began roughly a year ago when I decided that I should put my skills to use and build something cool. I always wanted a buggy/gokart, but instead of buying one I began searching for plans on the internet and stumbled upon the Arachnid SpiderCart buggy/gokart, which for me at the time looked like a dream project. I thought that its completion would take me no more than 3 months. It's been a year and a bit now.
When I rolled out of the garage of the mechanic down the road (who was a really honest guy and was always helpful) I immediately noticed that my tav40 CVT (I have a 420cc lifan engine) started buckling, ratlling, making a whole cacophony of noises, and as I depressed the gas pedal even more the whole thing went from bad to worse. Upon inspection I noticed that the noise was coming from the driven unit. When I looked at it while pressing the gas pedal slightly, the driven was operating abnormally and I also noticed that the teeth were skipping over each other, producing a horrible metalic noise.
So.. I bought another one. Installed it on my engine (the drive pulley on my CVT is intended to be installed the other way round, as the instructions illustrate) and the problem occurred again. My thought was that it's impossible that both converters were broken, that perhaps I installed the whole unit wrong.. or maybe some other explanation was possible.
So I found a motorcycle repair shop down the road and showed them my gokart and presented the problem. I waited for 4 months for them to fix it (they had to strengthen some parts and make other adjustments as me and the other mechanic made mistakes which couldn't be left unattended.) Today it was ready for pickup, and the mechanic told me that he had eliminated the problem. Sadly, as I sat in the go kart and started moving, that same noise began again. However, and thankfully, as i started speeding up the noise dissipated and I was able to go full throttle back home and even drifted a little on the thawed ice and snow on my driveway and lawn.
But the problem emerges again and again during low speed and just as the vehicle starts moving.
If there I anyone out there who encountered similar issues with their TAV40 then I would be very grateful for any help you might be able to provide.
Thanks,
Benedykt.