[Larry Stewart]

Go to Auto Zone and rent a dent puller. That’s how I got mine out.

You will have to be creative as the dent puller and your bolt aren’t the same size. Once you get that figured out just use the slide hammer and swear a lot.

It also helps if you spray silicon around the rubber plug.

[Larry Stewart]

Sounds like you are getting out of kart racing. Sorry to hear that. I’ll miss seeing you at the track. No one to share good scotch with.

[Larry Stewart]

I missed seeing you at Savannah the last race.

[Larry Stewart]

The results are now on MyLaps.

[Larry Stewart]

Sorry Jeff I use 40mm gears.

[Larry Stewart]

After all the work I’ve done rebuilding your kart I’m not going to mess it up. It looks wonderful with a 4 stroke on it.

[Larry Stewart]

That’s what I have on my Superkart. I have a set of fronts in my shed, I can give you the number if you’d like.

[Larry Stewart]

Kart is finished and in the trailer. I’m ready to go.

[Larry Stewart]

It depends on where you are putting the weight. If I’m handing it from tubing I use Grade 8 5/16″ minimum. I also go nuts and double nut with blue Lock Tight and drilled for safety wire. You can get drill blocks from any of the big kart shops on line.

If your are mounting to seat I use carriage bolts 5/16″ minimum. Double nutted, Lock Tight, and drilled for safety wire.

This is probably over kill, but I don’t want to get hit by a 5 lb. block of lead. Paint the lead white before you mount it. If  it dose come off everyone else has a better chance of seeing it on the track.

[Larry Stewart]

I don’t want spec racing. Hate it. NO spec tire,no spec motor.no spec anything. That’s a big reason that I run unlimited. I don’t run a 2 stroke.

[Larry Stewart]

NO

[Larry Stewart]

I’ll be there with the same setup. Hopefully it will run this time.

Unlimited

[Larry Stewart]

Are you coming to Savannah in March?

You know none of us are going to complain about your Gas Gas. Just come and have fun.

[Larry Stewart]

Sorry to hear that you won’t be able to make the race . It’s always a pleasure to race with you. You have the BEST stories.

Good luck in South Africa, and race safe.

[Larry Stewart]

Come down to Savannah Oct.4 & 5 and race with Southern Kart Club. I bet you can talk Dave into bringing the World Formula laydown for you to try. Roebling Road Raceway is not a complicated track to learn, so you would get a lot of track time.

Southern Kart Club is a great bunch of people, so you will get all the help you need. Just ask anyone for help, except me, I don’t know anything about laydawns.

[Larry Stewart]

3mm x .5mm x 6mm

[Larry Stewart]

Now I’m looking for parts.

I need 3 rawl nuts that are 13mm x 32mm. Those hold the bottom steering column cross member. I also need 4 rawl nuts that hold the back bumper on. They are two different sizes and I can’t find them right now. What a wonder. I never loose anything.

[Larry Stewart]

I still have the Swift. I had a disagreement with the turn 4 tire wall at VIR last year and bent the right front brake rotor along with some fiberglass.  The glass I can fix or replace, but the rotor is a problem. I borrowed the new kart to race until I can get the Swift fixed. I won’t drive anything until I take it apart and check everything. That is where I am now. A big pile of parts.

[Larry Stewart]

Ian

Thanks for all your good work. I’ll just have to work with what I’ve got. One piece at a time.

[Larry Stewart]

Ian

You will have to give me your email address for pictures as I can’t post pictures to the forums. I am computer illiterate.

[Larry Stewart]

Ian

Thank you for your reply, it’s a 3 bearing , so I guess a Maverick. I can find no plate on the frame anywhere. I was told it was an Anderson, but have on real idea. I don’t know why you would take the plate off, but there you are.

[Larry Stewart]

Yes the 2-stroke guys will tell you to get a cr250.

I had a crf450 on a Birel chassis. It worked ok until I put lead on it to make weight.  The handling was not a big problem, but it had little brake. The shifter brakes aren’t up to all that mass. They would slow the kart down, but pray that no one spins right in front of you.

Good luck.

[Larry Stewart]

I was just at VIR and all the Superkart guys there were talking about going to COTA. You can add me to your list, I’m going.

[Larry Stewart]

I guess the same guy I need to send a bill to for straightening out the tire wall outside turn 4.

Thanks to the WKC crew for getting the mess back to my van.

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