metal fabricator
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Victor Pollaccia
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metal fabricator
Seeking a good metel fabricator withun 100 miles of the Riverside area. My current fabricator is slow and I[m almoss out of time. Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks Vic.
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steveohara
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Re: metal fabricator
Victor,
What do you need done? I know several good fabricators and do some myself.
Give me some details and I'll point you in the right direction.
Steve O'Hara
What do you need done? I know several good fabricators and do some myself.
Give me some details and I'll point you in the right direction.
Steve O'Hara
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Victor Pollaccia
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Re: metal fabricator
Steve,
I have a 61 kool kart and I' have trailing linkage, and I should have leading linkage. I should have one tie rod connecting the two spindles and one tie rod come off the right spindle and connect to the steering shaft. My pedals are forward of the tie rods. Could it be possible to make it leading linkage without moving the axle forward and relocating the pedals.? Thanks. Victor.
I have a 61 kool kart and I' have trailing linkage, and I should have leading linkage. I should have one tie rod connecting the two spindles and one tie rod come off the right spindle and connect to the steering shaft. My pedals are forward of the tie rods. Could it be possible to make it leading linkage without moving the axle forward and relocating the pedals.? Thanks. Victor.
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steveohara
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Re: metal fabricator
Victor,
Should be easy but hard to say for sure without seeing pictures. If you can post some or email them to me so I can see what you have now. Also, if you have any pics of the original configuration send them too.
Steve O'Hara
Should be easy but hard to say for sure without seeing pictures. If you can post some or email them to me so I can see what you have now. Also, if you have any pics of the original configuration send them too.
Steve O'Hara
Re: metal fabricator
Lots of times spindles were swiched from side to side to move the steering arm forward or twards the back.
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Victor Pollaccia
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Re: metal fabricator
Steve,
Here are some pics, I hope this will be of some help. Thank You, Vic.
brother_vic@hotmail.com
Here are some pics, I hope this will be of some help. Thank You, Vic.
brother_vic@hotmail.com
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steveohara
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1965 Dart Gran Prix twin Mc100s
1963 Bug Scorpion ESll Mc45
Re: metal fabricator
Victor,
From the looks of the pictures the kart has no kingpin inclination so the spindles can probably be swapped side to side as mentioned by Rob. Then it is a simple case of getting a long piece of bar stock to make a full length tie rod that goes from spindle to spindle and using one of the existing tie rods for the steering shaft to spindle link. The steering shaft will have to be modified to remove the exisiting contact points and a new clevis fabricated and welded to the end of the shaft... not a big deal.
Once you put the steering out there the pedals have to be brought back to the original position... do you have any pictures of an original showing the pedal details? One observation.... it looks like it would be impossible to drive with the seat in that position and the front end reconfigured unless you are 4 feet tall.
Steve
From the looks of the pictures the kart has no kingpin inclination so the spindles can probably be swapped side to side as mentioned by Rob. Then it is a simple case of getting a long piece of bar stock to make a full length tie rod that goes from spindle to spindle and using one of the existing tie rods for the steering shaft to spindle link. The steering shaft will have to be modified to remove the exisiting contact points and a new clevis fabricated and welded to the end of the shaft... not a big deal.
Once you put the steering out there the pedals have to be brought back to the original position... do you have any pictures of an original showing the pedal details? One observation.... it looks like it would be impossible to drive with the seat in that position and the front end reconfigured unless you are 4 feet tall.
Steve