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Technical Question Axle's

  • 28-04-2009 5:24pm
    #1
    judomick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭


    Im building a go kart and wonder if anyone has any info on using bicycle wheels for this? specifically can you have two bicycle wheels on one axle and how is this achieved!?

    thanks in advance!


Comments

  • #2
    jautukas87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭jautukas87


    will the wheels not brake on corners?


  • #3
    judomick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 695 ✭✭✭judomick


    bicycle wheels are only for the rear axle so dont move i just need a way to join two bicycle wheels using a single axle if its possible?


  • #4
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    Sounds fairly doable. You'll want a looong 10mm threaded axle. This will fit into most Shimano rear wheel hubs.

    Something like this http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Unbranded-Budget-10-mm-Nutted-Cro-moly-Rear-Axle-137-mm-7546.htm

    But obviously much longer


  • #5
    Wez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Wez


    Well, if they're on the same axle, it will only want to go in a straight line! You need to seperate them so you can corner (the wheels need to turn at different speeds). Had this problem years back when I wanted to try the same thing!

    If you mount them seperatly you can corner, as if they're not aware of each other, compared to rotating at the exact same speed..

    It's the reason that there's a differential in every car/van/truck on the road! It's pointless fitting a diff, unless you're going to be powered by that axle..


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