So it's day 3 of my vacation. Here's what i've been doing..

The original brake idea was to make something up...but then decided to go back to the Golf Cart place and get the oem brake cables and hardware used for the yamaha rear. I mounted everything up to the cable bracket. from there to the brake pedal I tried to use a brake cable I had from the Dingo go kart...when my stepson pushed me i slammed on 'em and the bolt and cable i used snapped.

So i replaced it with the thicker stock cable (should've used it in the first place)...

here it is installed

That's better.


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I found a comet 40 tourque cnvtr that fit's the Honda's keyed shaft perfectly...I looked at the cnvtrs on the other golf carts and they're HUGE. the tech there said that "ya seen one, ya seen 'em all" and told me the comet was good for my use (although i don't think he remembers the size of the rear tires).

so i got the belt and headed back to size up the mounting holes on my engine platform. before I had the belt i never really knew exactly where the engine would mount.

here's the mount before

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The belt length (laid out) is 41". I had to exted the engine back more to get lined up with the driven wheel on the axle.

 


...does it come in black?

...does it come in black?

So wow...wait, iThought...this thing is very close to moving on it's own. I got the jack stands, bolted down the motor (and tourque cnvtr) and started the engine.the wheels didn't move at all which scared me. then i realized this isn't the go cart. I had a transmisiion and the shifter was set to netural.

COOL. so i began playing with the shifter which sounds like it locks in to forward and reverse hard but not as hard as i expected. it just sounds like it locks into gear and goes. I sat in while it was idling to see how the rear brakes did. well, the right wheel stopped but the left took some pushing of the pedal. I still have my front brakes working so will get those setup.


...does it come in black?

so anyway on to the throttle. here's the top of the honda where I had to figure out the direction everything went when the throttle was engaged and the direction of the spring back. i replaced an old spring with a bigger one.

I had use of a cool guide on how to install a remote throttle from affordablegokarts.com. I didn't have their "kit" per say but I was using a bunch of cables and parts I bought for this purpose. and a couple of home depot grade springs.


...does it come in black?

here's the finished (working) throttle setup...from the motor

down the right side of the cage and along the floor

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or quad clutch pedal..haha

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I will drive it for the first time.


...does it come in black?