I got a plasma cutter... dunno, you probably could make a circle maker. Just get two pieces of steel, some clamps and a 5-lug front wheel hub from a golf cart (with bearings). Bolt the hub on the rim where your regular hubs would go, and figure out the angles and fasten the two pieces of steel together and to the wheel hub, clamp on the gun and BAM! You got a circle maker! Just gotta make sure the pieces of steel don't move while you are spinning it.
mr.modified Veteran Member
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
1st Place Build-Off 2014
1st Place Build-Off Winner 2014
2023 Build-Off Entrant
2023 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 34 Join date : 2013-11-02 Points : 7090 Posts : 2907 Location : New Jersey USA
So ive been busy with the parts department. In the past 4 months ive got 3 700s 2 820s aws axle mst205 3.5hp briggs kohler 22hp v twin
Heres a junky pic peak at one of the two 820s i got for the mtd as a backup. Ill be swapping it in, it has the ling shift shaft so ill convert mine to thatm should be about the same because i extended my shift shaft for the linkage.
This came from a murray widebody gt. It has to be a replacement or the tractor had like no hours. Looks brand new inside. It has the 1 1/4" longer axles too which ive wanted. Probably swap the input out for the one i got now, stick that in there becuase of my special pulley. Need new brakes too, thinking a bandbrake and drum on the original splined brake location.
Future ideas are pretty simple. Make spool drum sides taller steel cable and hook rear boat winch and cable too with fairlead basket inbetween the console and fender for storage Move headlights forward and down, make little guard bars for them
Build up my 21hp opposed. I think depending on time and money im going to tear it apart and really inspect it. Look at all the tolerances. Thinking maybe a pressure lube base. Maybe different carb too, not much.
TheBeal Veteran Member
1000+ Posts
1000+ Posts!
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-06-06 Points : 5643 Posts : 1402 Location : Central PA
I did drive it at my camp a while ago but my computer took a dump and I can't upload the video which is dissapointing. Working on putting a engine together for this thing now but going to wait till I can post pictures.
Last edited by redlinemotorsportts on January 2nd 2016, 7:52 pm; edited 1 time in total
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
Brakes pretty much don't work at this point? Pretty neat hill though. Are there too many more spots like that close by or not really? For dirt and slippery conditions you could cut the middle out of each paddle on you rear tires. As in remove the middle third of each paddle. Then they would be super aggressive. Probably would be tough to cut though. Pretty thick rubber.
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
Theres probably a bunch of ways to fix the problem but ill tell you, theres more wrong with it than just wearing pads, unfortunately.
When i welded the rotor hub to the pulley, i did it to the best of my ablility, adjusting it tack welded. probably spend over a hour getting it as perfectly level as possible. it probably wobbles up and down less than a pencil tip, and when you got on the brakes there was a lot of clatter and surge/pulse of brakes just because of that, im pretty sure.
They were super touchy, pretty amazing brakes on a gear reduction from input to axle shafts, you know of course. They worked good at speed gently but low speed was like a sudden lock up. when i use them, or need them mostly is when i dont make a hill and back off it, super sketchy to have brakes lock up on something steep.
Plan is to just ditch all that, do what mr. modified did, junkyard water pump pulley and band brake for that size. Weld the pulley to the stock brake rotor, and use a cable to the handle to activate it. Are they amazing brakes? Not at all, disk rules. But i think they will come on gently and just do what i need them to do, stop it ok, and hold it on the hill so i can shift from reverse to a forward gear, so i dont roll down the hill and die, or whatever
rarbaugh07 Member
Age : 35 Join date : 2014-01-22 Points : 4003 Posts : 117 Location : Logan, iowa
Band works really good on the GTR thing. Self activating going forward, but they aren't going to work as good when rolling backwards because it won't want to pull itself around the drum. Pretty cheap and simple way to do it. I guess you probably don't want anything down on the wheel for rock clearance issues.
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
Band works really good on the GTR thing. Self activating going forward, but they aren't going to work as good when rolling backwards because it won't want to pull itself around the drum. Pretty cheap and simple way to do it. I guess you probably don't want anything down on the wheel for rock clearance issues.
Self activating? I figure low speed it should be fine to get it to work fine. Yea, going to be up by the stock rotor location. All tucked up above the skidplate
mr.modified Veteran Member
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
1st Place Build-Off 2014
1st Place Build-Off Winner 2014
2023 Build-Off Entrant
2023 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 34 Join date : 2013-11-02 Points : 7090 Posts : 2907 Location : New Jersey USA
Yeah self activating. When the band is dragging on the drum, it tightens itself around the drum, so much less pedal pressure is required. But in reverse, such as when backing down a hill, the opposite happens. The band is being pushed off the drum, so more pedal effort is required for the same braking. Internal drum brakes on a car have a similar thing going on, which is why one shoe is bigger than the other usually. Notice how parking brakes don't usually hold as well if the car is rolling backwards. Disk brakes of course don't have this problem and hold equally as well backwards and forwards.
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
Yeah self activating. When the band is dragging on the drum, it tightens itself around the drum, so much less pedal pressure is required. But in reverse, such as when backing down a hill, the opposite happens. The band is being pushed off the drum, so more pedal effort is required for the same braking. Internal drum brakes on a car have a similar thing going on, which is why one shoe is bigger than the other usually. Notice how parking brakes don't usually hold as well if the car is rolling backwards. Disk brakes of course don't have this problem and hold equally as well backwards and forwards.
Hmm, never heard of that. had band brakes on my go kart and didnt see to different, but didnt spend that much time going backwards. Doesnt sound like a big deal none the less.
mr.modified Veteran Member
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
1st Place Build-Off 2014
1st Place Build-Off Winner 2014
2023 Build-Off Entrant
2023 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 34 Join date : 2013-11-02 Points : 7090 Posts : 2907 Location : New Jersey USA
So what's that mean, you don't believe me? Super heavy duty ford disk brake setup is the only way to go if you want serious braking power...
Yeah...look at how nice it is. lol. Nah, I'm not saying they won't work going backwards, you just have to push a lot harder on them is all. Probably better that way anyway because it makes them less touchy. Less chance of flipping while backing down a hill.
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
I never said that! Just saying it's probably not a big deal seeing how in going to use them just to hold it on a hill. Really isn't hard to achieve, not going super fast or anything
redlinemotorsportts Moderator
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
2014 Build-Off Entrant
2014 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 27 Join date : 2013-03-18 Points : 7409 Posts : 3131 Location : raleigh nc
As i said last time, sump gasket was leaking so when i got up to my camp monday i pulled the engine then the sump off, gooped it up and just stabbed the sump back on and let it dry over night. gov gear doohicky looked like a pain to get set back in place with the engine upside-down so i just left it out. Gas petal is hooked right to the carb anyways.
Put the engine back in next day and romped it for the next few days. Replaced the front light switch and rear light switch connections and romped a little at night.
When i was fixing the lights i pulled the brakes off it too. Rotor just unbolts. Makes it real quiet now and no chatter like before.
mr.modified Veteran Member
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2015 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2016 Build-Off Top 3 Winner
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2018 Build-Off Finalist
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2022 Build-Off Entrant
2500+ Posts
2500+ Posts!
1st Place Build-Off 2014
1st Place Build-Off Winner 2014
2023 Build-Off Entrant
2023 Build-Off Entrant
Age : 34 Join date : 2013-11-02 Points : 7090 Posts : 2907 Location : New Jersey USA
Ah nice, working out in the cold! Or did you work inside and then take pics in the cold? Anyway, I still can't see how the brakes got burned up in the short amount of time they were on there. Even cars get stuck calipers ect. go for miles and the pads aren't burned off right away. Really weird. Of course I don't know how close they were to start with. That rotor has a sort of rippled look to it in the pic though. Like it's realy been cooked or something.