How to build go kart frame
I just used a rubber cork to make the bushing where the frame pivots. If there is a section that needs bent more, just heat it up, until it glows, and tighten the straps more.Īfter 40-90 minutes, you'll have a nice curve. Heat the middle section, until it glowed, then just ratchet the straps a little at a time. Now imagine you are a kid making a bow-n-arrow out of a stick and some string. I didn't want it to kink so that's when it was time for some butane!! As I racheted it tighter, it would bend more and more. I used the tie-down straps (in the background) and connected to either end of the bar. It was perfect for bending without a pipe bender because it had a slight bend to start with. The seat back was made out of a used Bench Press weightlifting bar. the square tube is from abundance of used railing. That round tube is a piece of fence that I cut from scrap. So I designed the frame to bend right behind the seat. I needed to have shocks on my go kart, just because they look cool!! I choose this configuration to get the maximum steering angles without it getting stopped by the frame. Most of the designs that I saw had the C shape welded to the frame.
#How to build go kart frame install
This stub axle was bent, shaped, drilled, and welded by hand from materials that I already had (strip of heavy duty metal that was used to install our Pergo flooring) This is one area you need to do some reasearch for the correct angle needed based on the back axel you have. Of course it was welded to the frame before the rubber was installed. The inside has rubber corks that were ground down and drilled out and then a metal spacer was pressed inside that. The outside tube was from a weightlifting bar. These bushing are made like the split-frame bushings. There were no calculations made, just took the wheel and placed it where I wanted it to go. The metal was cut and welded to form the angles. The front end was angled in to allow maximum wheels turn and still have a fixed width (plus I liked the look). There are many angles that you need to know for proper steering and if you have a fixed axle or not. Moving on to the front end, which, as I found out, is a little more difficult and took longer then I first thought.