JD LT150 ... continuation

Here we are... Stage 2
I found a front end from a golf cart pretty cheap on marketplace so I decided I needed to make it work. 3/8 angle on the front frame rails and extended out about 4 inches.
Next week I get to sort out the steering.

Man that's awesome! Nice rig, im digging the matte black!

Welcome back! That is a GOOD looking rig there.

I don't know about you but i think the paint job needs an accent color, possibly you could do a red stripe or paint the dash a different color?

To each their own.  I think it looks pretty cool.

I mean, I did put red stickers on it... But on stage 3 I have color change plans.
Anyways, I never posted pictures of the chain drive setup. Belt drive from engine, through clutch to jackshaft - chain around jackshaft and transmission. I know everyone wants speed out of their rigs but I use my tractor to pull my trailer around and had to tone it down to a maximum speed of 9mph in 5th gear. Anyways, don't pick the pictures apart to much because it was really just slapped together for fitment. After I get the steering working I will be taking this apart and making it beefier.

I like it too. VERY neat looking rig.

i have the parts to do a lift like this actually but i might use my jackshaft for my MTD instead

Well I got the steering working, that was fun! I used the original steering shaft, cut off the teeth and used a lathe to make the diameter small enough to slide in the steering joint. I also had to lathe the shaft going into the golf cart steering joint because it was smaller. After all the lathing fun I zapped them in and figured out the rest... Twice... First time was a fail but I cleaned up, went inside and pondered on it for a little bit and went back to work and now we are golden.

Wicked! Nice work!

I redid the shifter linkage last week but it is still really hard to shift. Not sure why but I'm sure it's in the transmission.
Today I finished up the exhaust, I was searching O Reilly's and found an exhaust pipe just the size I was looking for (1.75") and it had some bends on it! Double win, ordered it Monday for Tuesday pickup and this morning I put it to work and the straight part is just about as long as the foot board which I really liked. And to finish the exhaust I found a Yamaha muffler and a Harley Davidson muffler that was in a scrap pile but couldn't find it inside myself to throw them out. Obviously I went with the HD pipe



Here is the exhaust pipe all welded up and ready to get installed


And here it is all finished up- originally I did not plan on the tip sticking out so far but it's growing on me



The last thing I did to it today was cut off the right pedal and welded the left pedal to the shaft so I could have a left clutch pedal. Drives me nuts every time I get on this thing with a left clutch pedal. I planned on still using the parking brake lock but when I cut the pedal off I cut just a hair to much so I do not have a parking brake right now... To be continued...

I like it too. VERY neat looking rig.

BigPip wrote:

I redid the shifter linkage last week but it is still really hard to shift. Not sure why but I'm sure it's in the transmission.

The shifting issue is most likely worn shift keys but I could be wrong.

Nice work on the exhaust man it looks awesome!

Brianator wrote:

The shifting issue is most likely worn shift keys but I could be wrong.

I thought the same thing so I took the detent of and squirted a bunch of grease in there but no joy. I guess I can plan on opening it up... maybe...

That's pretty awesome.  I've love to score a Harley muffler for my rig.  Nice job.