TUNING TIPS: Using Axles To Fine Tune Go Kart Performance - POWER REPUBLIC 

Thanks legend. Thanks heaps for tuning in and hopefully sharing our videos

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Thanks boss. Hope that sheds some light on it for ya ready for summer

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thanks legend and you are very welcome

You're welcome!

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not really. the cost is better spent on an upgrade chassis IMO. if you got a cheap one, use for a blast and some fun. then if you want to race get something worthy

Especially Dellorto

Great suggestion!

Yeah boi, always drive faster is a great solution. Most the problems seem to disappear after that really

morning Chris, yeah that correct if you haver the time and especially as you are learning. once you have a good knowledge base you can hit the kart with some combo's.

@@PowerRepublichit em with the wombo combo

thanks legend, gee I forgot about them......maybe next month?

hot and sticky conditions, and bogging out of slow corners

Very welcome. Yeah the most important thing you can do is get on the track. Most karts will go around the track in almost the exact time. It’s the drivers that make all the difference. Then when you are looking for the last few tenths, you can start the marathon of shelling out cash looking for the next little bit. It is a slow road.

usually when you switch to a shorter axle you keep the SAME rear track width and results in less rear end grip and better front end turn in before Apex.....

not sure 100% on that, but yeah, normally for fast flowing tracks I will run the wider rear hub settings.

less then 0.30mm run out and it shouldn't effect the kart too much. 0.30 - 1.0 mm is manageable but definitely the driver will experience vibrations. and more than 1.0mm and we have problems Houston

@@PowerRepublic Haha Houston we seem to have a problem!

Hey Dave, yeah you could that. also widen the front to give the kart a square foot print.

yeah if you are on a Hard, go down to a N axle (one grade softer)

Hi PC, yeah the difference is small. And the standard N axle is great all rounder. but the H axle helps the bigger guys here locally that we work with. and soft axles I have gone too in the cooler months for sure to get the kart on sooner. so yeah, once you have some skills play around with 1 axle either side of standard for sure, especially if you have travelled interstate or to a new track. as too shortened axles v's rear track.....noit really. I haven't found much luck with super narrow rear track. the short axle is not my main go too, but can help sometimes. can you do me a favour? hit the track this weekend with the rear track at 1360mm standard length axle, then cut the axle down to 1000mm and move the wheels out to 1390 and let me know how it affects the kart for you?

@@PowerRepublic Thanks a lot for writing back Derek, I have a spare axle at home that I can experiment with, so I will do the experiment, I will cut the spare axle to 1000mm and then try with the wheels at 1390mm, I can’t wait to see how it feels, I always thought that whether the axle is a Long one or a Shorter one, if I kept the rear track at 1390-1400mm then nothing significant would change, but I’m probably wrong. I’ll let you know how it goes, thanks again 👍

Yeah it will be interesting to see if your results are the same

@@p.c.h.6721 Hi, I am curious to know the result. Did it change something for you?

@@samalesi3188 Hi, a shorter axle made the kart more responsive, it turned better on tight corners, at least that’s how it felt to me, give it a try, it’s easy to do

not really for me. hard axles we use mostly in the summer and softer in the winter, as a general rule. where you racing at gonsilver?

The otk chart says that q offers lower grip. It’s basically for track with high grip and rubber

on the way into slow hairpins?

@@PowerRepublic No mainly fast corners more specifically. Turn 4, 5, 7 and a tiny bit on turn 9 at toowoomba.

what class are you running Codie?

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Hey mark, yeah that is normally correct. have you ever tried the short v's standard length axle on track? small difference only, but it is a good tuning tool to use if it suits your style. Most important thing over all the changes....drive fast and the rest will take care of itself

@@PowerRepublic right on, I'm still a bit confused but maybe you guys send me one and I'll see what your talking about. 🤷‍♂️

think if you use same hubs, same width, what changed? The area on which the hub grabs to the axle, its like if you would grab with your whole hand or only with fingers. And by a shorter axle you somehow change the initial hardness of the axle, because of the deformatiion of the contact point between axle and hub.. Try it

@@bernardplanko6780 thats what they make softer and harder axles for.

@@MrMarvin444 you didnt understand in full , its another toll to work with and it can make you a axle which is soft on entry and harder in the middle and vice versa