Trouble finding a spacer for my wheel

[shewannameetkarty]

This kart came with manco rims and a manco spacer, but I switched over to a gopowersports drive wheel and so the spacing is wrong, how can I find a spacer that matches the wheel with the clutch? The wood in the space is a temporary spacer that's ended up splintering and warping overtime, so the chain now keeps throwing.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Stack washers. That's the best way to do it for most people(including me). At first my kart would only keep the chain for about 5 seconds.....

 

[950speed]

Cut a pipe with the right diameter and enough wall thickness to not collapse

 

[KartFab]

most manco karts that i have seen just use nuts on the bolt between teh sprocket and the rim. Holds it securely. Works great.

 

[Karttekk]

Agree with KartFab here. I had a Manco 415-511 at one time that had nuts on either side of the axle sprocket that lined it up with the clutch sprocket. There was a thinner nut followed by a thicker nut on the brake drum side of the axle sprocket then there were three thicker nuts on the wheel side of the sprocket. There were 4 bolts going through the brake drum, through the axle sprocket then into the wheel hub with the nuts acting as spacers. The 415-401 model had two nuts on either side of the axle sprocket to align it with the clutch sprocket. If possible, you're better off sticking with the factory setup on these karts to avoid situations like you've encountered.

https://americanlandmaster.com/pdfs/gokarts-minibikes/model-415/415_repairparts_415511.pdf

https://americanlandmaster.com/pdfs/gokarts-minibikes/model-415/415_repairparts_415401.pdf

 

[itsid]

Standoff nuts, drilled out make nice spacers
(my M8 ones are just about the correct length as well bying just shy of 50mm)
and if you weld some flat bar between them you make yourself a super stiff spacer.
that's not unlike the 6hole spacer we know from the Manco aluminium rims.

[EDIT]
Amazon lists them as "M10 x 1.5 x 50mm Long Rod Coupling Hex Nut Connector" as well..
a set of five unfortunately
M10 instead of the M8 I have since M10 is slightly bigger than 3/8"
and you only need to shave the internal thread ever so slightly
while M8 requires more serious drilling both are viable though

'sid

 

[Smerft85]

Something along these lines is mentioned over and over, I do like the idea of welding flat stock to the stacks of nuts and building a one piece hub out of them, the balance act of putting that rear wheel together was ridiculous!

Edit: looks like your kart may be a manco 400? If so I can send pictures of how I managed an almost identical setup on mine? It has steel split rims with removeable hubs all the way around now, only had the manco drive wheel when I got it.