Blog #5

Hours Completed Today: 4

Total Hours Completed: 18

Friday, May 20th

My throttle cable started to fray. So I took it off the engine and sotered it so I would not fray again. I got some help from Sayer who cut down my front spindles because the front of my kart rides too high. I also had to mill a channel into my throttle cable holder so that the cable would not slip out under high tension. This took a lot of time because you have to cut very slowly when using the mill to not break a bit.

Milling




Front Spindle


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