How-to: Tune With The Axle
In this week’s Power Republic tech video, Derek runs through the fundamentals of tuning a kart with the rear axle, using different lengths and different grades of material.
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How to: Change Rear Axle Bearings
In this week’s Power Republic ‘How To’ video, Derek shows how to change the rear axle bearings on a typical race kart – removal of the axle and components, swapping out the old with the new in the bearing cassette, then re-installing.
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Video: Old Kart Tune-Up
In this week’s Power Republic video, Derek’s getting another old-girl ready to go back on the race track, in this case a Merlin kart fitted with a Rotax FR125 MAX engine.
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Video: Ackermann Steering Adjustments
What is this Ackermann steering you read in the spec sheets of a new kart? And what does it do? In this week’s how-to tech video from Power Republic, Derek overviews Ackermann, how to change it and what it does to the go kart.
Tuning Tips Video: Front Track Width
Here’s another back-to-basics tech video from Power Republic – how to measure and adjust the front track width, plus some tips and measurements to help you set the thing up.
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Tuning Tips Video: Rear Track Width
Here’s another back-to-basics tech video from Power Republic – how to measure and adjust the rear track width, plus some tips and measurements to help you set the thing up.
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Karting 101: Throttle Cables
Here’s Power Republic’s weekly tech video, this time with tips about throttle cables – replacement, adjustment and care.
Video: Rebuilding Backyard Bangers!
Getting cheap old go-karts back on track is what Derek is up to in this week’s video!
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Video: A Quick Engine Swap
This week, Power Republic has a time-lapse engine change video, taking viewers through the process of swapping out a Rotax for an X30.
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IAME X30 – The 8 Minute Assembly
Power Republic is currently being renovated, so Derek and the team have this week put up a “Rebuild an IAME X30 in Under 8 Minutes” video.
Video: Rotax Float Height Lever Measuring
Derek at Power Republic shows various methods to measure the float arm height in the Dellorto carburetor on the Rotax MAX engine, including using the new gauge from Rotax.
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How-To: Balance Your Wheels
Is it worth balancing your wheels? It is if you’re looking for every ounce of performance! In this week’s Power Republic video, Derek shows how to use small self-adhesive lead weights to balance wheels that are fitted to the kart.
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How-To Video: Avoid Disaster
You’re on the grid, the gate slides open, you push the button to start the engine – but nothing happens… This week’s Power Republic video shows how to switch out a failed button with an after market replacement.
How To: Remove a Kart Engine
It’s another back to basics how-to video from Power Republic this week, Derek demonstrating the removing of a kart engine, in this case a Vortex Mini RoK off a Tony Kart Cadet chassis, but the process is more or less the same for most other engines.
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Karting 101: Wheels
In this week’s karting basics video, Derek at Power Republic talks about go kart wheels.
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How-To: Get In & Get Comfy
How do you get comfy in a kart? Here’s another of Power Republic’s Karting 101 Beginner’s Guides to setting up your go kart – from getting in and out of the kart to types of adjustment available to fit the driver and make them comfortable.
How-To: Chain Service
If you don’t get the basics right, the fine tuning counts for nothing. In this week’s Power Republic how-to tech video, Derek does go back to basics, demonstrating how to clean, change and adjust the chain.
MyChron5 Dash Installation
A funny sounding Derek (hopefully not COVID!) Jones demonstrates how to fit the AiM MyChron 5 data logger and dash to a kart.
How-To: OTK Brake Rebuild
Derek at Power Republic runs through how to service the BSM brake system that’s fitted to the Rookie 900 kart, which is very similar to the brake systems found on some of the older Tony Karts that people are using in retro racing.
How To: Wheel Alignment WITHOUT Lasers
Do you need laser alignment tools to do a front-end alignment on a kart? The answer is NO! This video goes Old School 🙂
How-To: Fast Seat Adjusters
In this week’s video, Power Republic show how the new Fast Adjusters product could be the easiest way to adjust a go kart seat position.
How-To: Scaling a Kart & Weight Distribution
In this week’s video, Power Republic show how to use bathrooms scales to weigh your kart and calculate weight distribution which can assist when moving the seat or adding ballast to keep the kart balanced.
Video: MyChron Lambda Sensor
A lambda sensor measures the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, thus indicating how close (or far away!) to a perfect tune an internal combustion engine might be. This week’s video from Power Republic shows how the device can be installed on a kart and added to the MyChron5 dash.
Video: Karting Q&A
Power Republic answers readers’ questions in this weeks “Q&A” video. Topics include kart storage, how long does fuel last, specialty…
How To: Fit a Seat the Easy Way
Tony Kart’s seat fitting jig is arguably the easiest and most accurate way of positioning a seat in a kart. In this video, Derek at Power Republic shows how the tool works, installing a seat in their new 4SS chassis.