Buying axles

Thomas Weiss · Joined: 21 Jun 2012 Posts: 11

I was just curious...

What axle do you run on your kart?
Diameter?
Stiffness?
Brand?

Where you buy them from?

I just wanted to know what you guys/girls run out there.

Thanks Smile

Dan Haynes · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:16 am Post subject:

Depends on the kart brand. We run all Arrow axles, 50mm. When we ran the Kosmic we had all OTK axles. Easier to tune when you remove one variable. Stick with what has been tried and tested.

Stiffness depends on class and conditions, as well as tires. We run soft axles with grippier conditions on the Arrow but went the opposite on the Kosmic.
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TJ Koyen · Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Posts: 1415

We run 50mm in TaG, as does pretty much everyone now.

We use Merlin axles, and we've got one or two of each stiffness. Axle is a tuning tool so it's good to have a few stiffnesses.
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