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Mower Building / Setup Help => Tires => Topic started by: roesso on April 20, 2015, 02:04:44 pm

Title: front rims
Post by: roesso on April 20, 2015, 02:04:44 pm
Do I need the 6 inch or the 6.5 with the 2.5 off set for my front rims
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: Lt10_Grasser on April 21, 2015, 12:53:20 pm
I would also like to know. This form is so confusing. I don't have a ton of money to put into my mower I can spend a little bit but I have a budget and I plan to work with what I got. 
I'm currently lowering the front right low. I wanted to try And use the stock front axle. I was unbolting it and after taking the bolts out it didn't want to come out. But just to see what would happen, I took the spindles off and flipped them upside down and it lowered the front. It has a little bit of camber. My the stock wheels I have on it are too big and I'm trying to figure out if I can put the kart wheels on my stock axles
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: roesso on April 21, 2015, 01:30:56 pm
From what I have read on here I wouldnt use the stock front end . I'm going to see if I can run a sealed bearing on stock steel wheels
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: Lt10_Grasser on April 21, 2015, 02:22:38 pm
If I don't like the camber I can just flip the entire front axle. I'm more of just building this mower for fun not competition. One reason people say not to use the stock axle is because they sit higher in stock position and they are able to move from side to side. I'm just doing it an easy way and save me from spending a lot of mower parts. I personally think if the stock spindles are too small if rather just try to find different spindles rather than buying a hole expansive front axle
To prevent the stock axle from moving side to side I'm gonna run 2 extra bolts on bothe sides of the axle as an easy fix.
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: cycloneracer on April 21, 2015, 02:41:16 pm
I would recommend building a new front axle.   The stock one won't last and when it brakes you will get hurt. 

I built a new front axle out of box steel and used double wall black pipe.  Used the stock spindles.   Worked great on a very slow and primitive racer. 
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Post by: Johnson Mowersports on April 25, 2015, 12:14:57 pm
If you don't want to spend money but wanna go fast I would recommend you just leaving the thing a grass cutter. And buying a mower already built or get into a different hobby. These mowers go way to fast for you to try to take the cheap way out it will get you hurt bad and possibly worse
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: tech54K on October 04, 2017, 01:43:15 am
From what I have read on here I wouldnt use the stock front end . I'm going to see if I can run a sealed bearing on stock steel wheels
yes, that would work
Title: Re: front rims
Post by: RjMaan on March 14, 2018, 11:57:43 pm
Actually it depends, i think 6.5 is the best option for you but go for the quality instead to saving few bucks.