Need ideas for gear shifter on lawn mower go cart?
Okay so i am constructing a cart that is powered by a 5 hp lawn mower engine. me and my friend where thinking of using a belt and just throwing belt d...
Okay so i am constructing a cart that is powered by a 5 hp lawn mower engine. me and my friend where thinking of using a belt and just throwing belt driven gears on the crankshaft. And we were going to switch the gears using a derailer, but i dont know. Any ideas?
They don't make a derailer system for belts, only chains. You will have a lot of problems trying to use belts. I have been working on and around lawn mowers and go-karts for 10 years, I think I know what I'm talking about. You will be better of using a lawn mower transaxle, you can then swap out the pulleys to make it go faster. Put a small pulley on the trans, and a larger one on the engine, and hang ON!!!!