How can i add weights to a lawnmower crankshaft so i can run it without a blade?
Applegonebad asked:
Im makeing a gokart with a vertical shaft engine but i gota give the shaft more weight so it stopps kickiing back and idling bad.
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Im makeing a gokart with a vertical shaft engine but i gota give the shaft more weight so it stopps kickiing back and idling bad.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:10 am
big round washer like a sheet of medal same as a blade
July 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am
It should run OK with just the flywheel
July 15th, 2009 at 1:10 am
You have experienced one of the things they do to make things cheaper. They rely on the blades to act as a flywheel. While the engine does have a flywheel, it is probably a very minimal one, made from aluminum and the only reason they put it on was so that there would be a place to put the magnet for the magneto.
One good way to add the necessary “flywheel” would be to find a large diameter pulley that would fit the shaft. Finding something like this will make the job simple. If you were to try to make something yourself, you would need a way to balance it, otherwise the vibration would be horrible. A manufactured pulley would aready be balanced.