Go Kart Wheel Balancing - POWER REPUBLIC

[@PowerRepublic]

hey Yo, let me know in the comments, do you guys balance your wheels, and does it make you faster????????

[@Logan_MZR]

I’m just a club dude that just did his first race yesterday but stuff like this I’m all for doing. Not necessarily because of speed but taking as much vibration out of the kart as possible. I spent about 20 hours rebuilding my Arrow X2 before taking it out and honestly that was as much fun as driving.

[@PowerRepublic]

exactly Logan, that is what it is about IMO too. putting everything into it at home, the anticipation building the kart, the excitement of going to the event, etc etc. then when you hit the track you know its all perfect and you can focus on racing/winning

[@georgelucas6419]

Balancing wheels will increase the longevity of bearings and bushes, it will also reduce heat in those components.

[@Matthew-ll9ke]

Don’t think it makes you faster as such, but can give more confidence and take away the distraction of a vibration.

[@PowerRepublic]

agreed. do you wait for them to deg and rebalance them or do it from the start?

[@Matthew-ll9ke]

@@PowerRepublic usually only when they're new. I don't find they get too unbalanced just through wear. Some tracks are worse than others though

[@FormulaBrumnh]

To be quite honest...I had never heard about Go Kart Wheel balancing... THANKS MAN!!!

[@PowerRepublic]

yeah well there you go, not essential but you can do it. thanks heaps for tuning in and sharing the videos!!!!!

[@christianbuczko1481]

That method is similar to how i checked my wheels, i found several vids and they all said you have to buy the expensive jig to do it, i thought thats bullshit and did it using the fronts as you did.

[@PowerRepublic]

yeah it works well. maybe not as perfect as the bench mount but way better than not at all

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

The only vibration I've ever felt was from an MG yellow on the frontbtight. After I changed it everything was back to normal.

[@PowerRepublic]

no weights added, just changed the tyre ?

[@edmoore2786]

Thanks for your video again. The only issue is stick on wheel weights can damage wheel paint, is there anything else that can be used? Would some sort of putty work and stick on ok as wheel wights?

[@PowerRepublic]

Not that I know of, but you can hold them on with race tape if you are worried about your paint

[@GlennGuest]

I use plasticine instead of those weights, hate the things and much easier to get right. I find as long as I do it on a new set of tyres I'm fine for the rest of the races, just checking now and again. I find it really important, can't stand any vibration at any speed.

[@coreywhiting6850]

Do you do you back tires too? If so I would imagine you need a wheel balancer for the rear.

[@GlennGuest]

@@coreywhiting6850 on my superkart I do yes. I have a little stand with a hub on it so i do them off the kart.

[@Mutifidus]

Back in mid 1980’s I ran Bridgestones at 30 psi on a Hartman lay down enduro kart. It topped out at 100 mph+ on larger tracks. I always balanced. Now running Tony karts topping out at 72 mph at my local track on MG yellows at around 9.5 psi I usually don’t. I have saved old weights . To balance I use old weights and tape them on until balanced. I weight the old weight then cut a new piece of lead slightly longer ( heavier) then trim it down to same weight at old one and apply that new one. The weights around here all are marked in one ounce increments so it’s pretty easy. I also but a pice of tape over new weight..

[@PowerRepublic]

hey Glenn thanks for tuning in and taking the time to write a comm. so you don't see the benefit for sprint karting (speed mostly under 110kph?

[@Mutifidus]

@@PowerRepublic Would I or wouldn’t I balance today? I absolutely would if I were competing. I doesn’t tax performance and it could help. I don’t always balance now because I only do practice days . I am 73 and got my first kart in 1960 ( powered by McCulloch MC 10) so I’ve been at it awhile. I keep two karts at my garage in Mooresville,NC USA. One is an IAME 125 clutch and the other a 175 IAME clutch. The 175 let’s me run with the younger guys on 125’s without having to work to hard. I definitely would balance though if I competed.

[@PowerRepublic]

@@Mutifidus thanks for replying. the 175 are an awesome engine. especially if like you say, are a bit older or heavier, make the power/weight balance a little better in your favour

[@jordyschoenmakers]

Hey Dez, Awesome! learned something again :D Thanks. What is the normal fuel consumption of a rotax max non evo. Yesterday I did 42 laps on the go-kart track in Genk (Track length 1360m = 57.1 km) and I just used 6L of petrol. While other karts had to refuel in between. Have a 2020 tony kart with the 8.5L tank. Greetings From The Netherlands, Jordy

[@PowerRepublic]

Hey Jordy, not sure. 42 laps That’s a wicked long session. Maybe you had more roll time. But seriously, the non EVO doesn’t make the power of EVO . And you can’t make power without fuel. Maybe that has something to do with it too

[@jordyschoenmakers]

@@PowerRepublic i did 3 sessions of 14 Laps with one tank of fuel. And still got fuel in the tank

[@jordyschoenmakers]

@@PowerRepublic how can i make the engine consume more fuel?

[@PowerRepublic]

richen up the main jet and add more load to the kart I suppose. what's the advantage of higher fuel consumption?

[@jordyschoenmakers]

@@PowerRepublic I actually assumed that if I don't burn enough fuel, I don't get enough power? I used a 6L petrol on 42 rounds while my buddy with the same setup consumes almost 9L

[@christianbuczko1481]

1st time i went on a rotax powered race kart, the vibration was horrific, i could not see anything as soon as it got upto abit of speed.

[@PowerRepublic]

yeah those vibes can really shake the steering wheel

[@christianbuczko1481]

@@PowerRepublic it was the whole kart, i literally could not see because my glasses were bouncing on my nose inside my helmet. It was dangerous and i ended up going backwards 3 times because i could not even see the track or steering wheel.

[@timboujos]

Rear axle might have a small wobble in it too

[@christianbuczko1481]

@@timboujos i think it was a bad rear tyre or bent axel, it was a friends kart i was driving and the 1st time i was on a high power kart so didnt know something was wrong at the time.

[@johnbreadsell1401]

I wondered why balancing was even a question Wheels used to bounce like basketballs without weights

[@Richard25000]

Problem is our fronts pick up so much marbelling they go massively out of balance in a different way every session

[@PowerRepublic]

yeah true that. do you rebalance them as they change?

[@Richard25000]

Nope we just suffer, perhaps we should be cleaning the marbells off.

[@Richard25000]

Perhaps you could do a video on removing tyre beads with heat and scraper.

[@PowerRepublic]

@@Richard25000 yeah or you could do this simple on kart balancing trick

[@PowerRepublic]

@@Richard25000 never done that, but I reckon yeah. I have seen the F1 guys doing that to their tyres

[@s.nascimento5929]

Não estou conseguindo dormir e vim assistir 😊

[@PowerRepublic]

hey, thanks for tuning in

[@mattcook160285]

You should only ever put weights in one point do not splint weights in different spots. Norm inner is the edge to put the weight to first.

[@gigatoaster608]

If you drive Bridgestone this is a must😂

[@PowerRepublic]

hell yeah. the dunlop DFM's can go out of round too and need a tune up

[@calvinhobbs89]

Hard to pay attention to the video with all the hand an arm movements , thanks for the pro tips great information

[@PowerRepublic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@adamharrington9373]

Tyres on the wrong way 😂

[@PowerRepublic]

always , its way faster ;)

[@05greendmax]

Do you realize that that tire is on backwards directional arrow is in the wrong spot

[@ot77racing27]

Why you flapping your hands about like some brother gansta rapper?

[@PowerRepublic]

classic, wasn't my best performance

[@johnbreadsell1401]

Kiwi vernacular?

[@ot77racing27]

@@PowerRepublic 😂

[@ot77racing27]

@@PowerRepublic Seriously though. Learned a lot from all your video's for my son's Mini Max racing.

[@PowerRepublic]

@@ot77racing27 all good broski, thanks heaps for tuning in