Seat Strut on TAG Leopard

[Rick Schmidt]

Larry,

Sometimes you have to get a little creative with the clearance issues on the right side of the kart. You can start with a strut that is too long and form it to fit, flatten the end with a vise, hammer, press then drill your hole and cut off the excess. It may break the chrome but shouldn’t hurt anything.

It would be better to try to run 2 per side if possible. Imi has a pretty good selection of seat struts you could probably get one that is close to start with.

Rick

[Anonymous]

i am considering put a second set of struts on my CRG rotax also, but have the same problem.

I only have one bolt on the inside of my cassette bearing (inverted triangle bolt pattern).

Can I connect to the rear bolt hole?

On the engine side can I connect to the inner cassette, which I run loose? Will have trouble geeting to the outside cassette.

or

Can I connect two struts in the same bolt?

Need advice?

Thanks
rich

[Jeff Welch]

@Rich Vito wrote:

Can I connect to the rear bolt hole?

Not recommended, because if weight is transferred to a point behind the rear axle, it will tend to unweight the front tires. Imagine someone jumping on your rear bumper – same thing.

@Rich Vito wrote:

On the engine side can I connect to the inner cassette, which I run loose?

Again, not recommended. Trying to transfer weight through a point that is essentially floating is inefficient at best. I think it would also defeat the purpose of running it loose, as the strut would hold the cassette in place… and the whole idea behind running it loose is to allow it to float around a little. I don’t know anyone that’s tried this though, so I guess you could be the guinea pig…

@Rich Vito wrote:

Can I connect two struts in the same bolt?

Sure, I don’t see why not.

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

Thanks for your comments. I will see what I end up with and report.

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