stabnsteer
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Hi all!
Brought home a used Alpha LO206 kart and I've been prepping it for its first runs. It was quite well kept, but I'm wanting to set all the maintenance details to ground zero as well as learn how to do the maintenance before just dropping it on the track and flogging it.
I took apart the clutch to clean it, and when I reassembled it based upon my notes from disassembly and lightly snugging up the bold (pre torque), I found that the clutch drum didn't spin...trying to turn it caused the driveshaft to turn, too. From videos I'd watched, most folks would spin the housing merrily after torque-ing the bolt in place. So, I looked online for an exploded diagram...found one...and my clutch assembly is missing the oil/grease trap and the steel washer that goes between the trap and the drum.
So - this brings up two questions: a) is this a viable setup? b) is this maybe a way they were cheating to cause the clutch to have a little more drag as I would expect the power of the engine to overcome the drag caused by missing this part with the kart sitting on its wheels.
Planning on buying a new clutch now to have a correct setup, regardless. Strangely, in the voluminous parts stash I have, there are none of these oil/grease traps...it would be weird to have tossed them all, I would think...
Cheers!
Brought home a used Alpha LO206 kart and I've been prepping it for its first runs. It was quite well kept, but I'm wanting to set all the maintenance details to ground zero as well as learn how to do the maintenance before just dropping it on the track and flogging it.
I took apart the clutch to clean it, and when I reassembled it based upon my notes from disassembly and lightly snugging up the bold (pre torque), I found that the clutch drum didn't spin...trying to turn it caused the driveshaft to turn, too. From videos I'd watched, most folks would spin the housing merrily after torque-ing the bolt in place. So, I looked online for an exploded diagram...found one...and my clutch assembly is missing the oil/grease trap and the steel washer that goes between the trap and the drum.
So - this brings up two questions: a) is this a viable setup? b) is this maybe a way they were cheating to cause the clutch to have a little more drag as I would expect the power of the engine to overcome the drag caused by missing this part with the kart sitting on its wheels.
Planning on buying a new clutch now to have a correct setup, regardless. Strangely, in the voluminous parts stash I have, there are none of these oil/grease traps...it would be weird to have tossed them all, I would think...
Cheers!