What type of clutch is this? Gear reduction?

[seang81]

I just picked this up on Clist a couple days ago. Can someone help identify what sort of clutch this is?

The seller didn't know anything about it and told me it'd been sitting for more than a few years. It has a 3hp briggs that seems to run okay. I had to prop the rear end up to get it started since the output shaft spins with the engine...is that normal or is the clutch bad?

Thanks!!

 

[B.M.800]

I dont know, some sort of wet clutch/gear reduction unit... Im sure someone who knows with post.
I just wanted to say that cool lookin.

 

[seang81]

I dont know, some sort of wet clutch/gear reduction unit... Im sure someone who knows with post.
I just wanted to say that cool lookin.

Thanks! Yea, it's a pretty cool kart. Its built like a tank and heavy as ****. I think its some sort of concession kart, but not positive.

 

[jandj]

Johnson has been making concession karts a long time.
Contact them through their website and they'll probably be able to tell you anything you need to know.
http://www.johnsonkart.com/

 

[shelby1]

I just picked this up on Clist a couple days ago. Can someone help identify what sort of clutch this is?

The seller didn't know anything about it and told me it'd been sitting for more than a few years. It has a 3hp briggs that seems to run okay. I had to prop the rear end up to get it started since the output shaft spins with the engine...is that normal or is the clutch bad?

Thanks!!

By the looks of the first pic .......IIRMC that sure looks like the drive system off of either a garden tiller or a walk behind tractor, they did not have a chain drive they used a belt with a over center idler pulley to engage the drive after starting and the motor could very well be from the same place....... just my two cents

 

[itsid]

it's a 6:1 gear reduction.. NO CLUTCH! that's why the output shaft always spins.

And frankly the seller KNEW that!
That's why he told you he didn't, you cannot install a clutch to that,
if it's a removeable red-kit (like the newer one is) you need to get rd of it, then install a clutch (if the shaft's not splined which it likely is...)
frankly I guess you need to buy a different engine to make use of the kart.

Sorry

'sid

ps here's a newer Briggs with a similar 6:1 red kit: