Sunday, June 26, 2011

Welder plug installed, brakes make more sense now

 Welder:
$110 later, I have a 40A circuit hooked up for my welder. Plugged her in, and she welded first try.
Of course I checked voltages with a meter first :) I'm just glad the 240 to 208 conversion I did last week worked properly.

Brakes:
In other news, I've been bugging people on the forum diygokarts.com and I've gotten some great help in the hydraulic brakes area. More specifically, how to take hand brakes from a motorcycle, removing the hand lever and replacing it with a different lever, cable-driven by the brake pedal. Perfect!
Now I definitely know what I want to do, I just have to buy some brakes. The person who helped me out might also sell me some, or eBay has a decent selection.

Tires:
Still fuzzy in the tire selection arena. I only have a week left on that Princess Auto sale. Someone on the forum is using that particular kind of tire, but they installed tubes in the tubeless trailer tire, so that he could run a low pressure setup, compensating for having no suspension. According to him, these tires are capable of bending the go kart frame when off-roading at the recommended inflation pressure. Crazy! I have asked for clarification, we'll see what he says.

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