Hope to have the tire set on the bead tonight. The boy and I have tried to compress them with straps, inflate/deflate, soapy water, nada. Still cannot get one side to finish setting. Got a go kart shop that will help us out, so we’ll tuck our tails and go there this evening.
Big progress on one thing though. The dang sleeves. I was stressing out about the sleeves, because the place I ordered them and the wheeels/tires from said to get 6x7.25 wheels, 11x6x6 tires, and 10” sleeves. I asked, are you sure 10” sleeves will fit on 11” tires? They said yes, that’s why you go with wider rims, to pull the sidewall down a bit. Well, I’ll tell you, we couldn’t get them on for nuthin. I was stressed, because if the shop had made an error, it meant expensive shipping, reordering, returns, and delays. I called em back yesterday after spending the past two nights fighting with the tire beads and trying to figure out how these sleeves were magically going to fit, and they confirmed that 10” sleeves are what they use for 11” and 12” tires. Well, at least there isn’t an error, so this is now a knowledge, skill, or tool issue. Those I can handle.
So, it turns out the magic bullet is a hammer! Lol. The boy and I soaked the tires and inside wall of the sleeves with winded and start smacking them with a hammer. Slid right on. Perfect! Took us 20 mins to get it off, but we’re over that hump. Once the beads are set, we’ll have the axle done and the frame ready for the front end. Goal is to have a rolling chassis by the end of the weekend.
Just for future reference, if you had built one of these before (I.e., experience) and already had all the parts, you could easily build one of these start to finish inside of a weekend. We’re just slow because we have no idea what we’re doing and have other hobbies.
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Big progress on one thing though. The dang sleeves. I was stressing out about the sleeves, because the place I ordered them and the wheeels/tires from said to get 6x7.25 wheels, 11x6x6 tires, and 10” sleeves. I asked, are you sure 10” sleeves will fit on 11” tires? They said yes, that’s why you go with wider rims, to pull the sidewall down a bit. Well, I’ll tell you, we couldn’t get them on for nuthin. I was stressed, because if the shop had made an error, it meant expensive shipping, reordering, returns, and delays. I called em back yesterday after spending the past two nights fighting with the tire beads and trying to figure out how these sleeves were magically going to fit, and they confirmed that 10” sleeves are what they use for 11” and 12” tires. Well, at least there isn’t an error, so this is now a knowledge, skill, or tool issue. Those I can handle.
So, it turns out the magic bullet is a hammer! Lol. The boy and I soaked the tires and inside wall of the sleeves with winded and start smacking them with a hammer. Slid right on. Perfect! Took us 20 mins to get it off, but we’re over that hump. Once the beads are set, we’ll have the axle done and the frame ready for the front end. Goal is to have a rolling chassis by the end of the weekend.
Just for future reference, if you had built one of these before (I.e., experience) and already had all the parts, you could easily build one of these start to finish inside of a weekend. We’re just slow because we have no idea what we’re doing and have other hobbies.
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