3 Wheel Golf Cart Build, The "Tri -X- Side", Here Goes Nothing!

[jakep53]

I contemplated that jake but the fan isn't available anymore; that's not a show stopper as any 12V fan would work. And when I looked for all the components on servicehonda, I don't see a thermostat. Do you know where it is on the parts list? That's really the only OEM part I'd like to find.

Sorry I missed this post! now im not certain but im pretty sure that it is controlled by the oil light sensor near your neutral wire? and then that runs into the cdi (later model 300s or alarm box earlier models) I have never changed one because they go out like every 5 years so I just hook it up to a switch much simpler! all 300's come standard from the dealer with a fan in Australia.

[onformula1]

Haha don't get him started with LEDs, father hates LEDs

Me too, but they have pretty good lumins for the power they require and they seem to hold up to a beating & vibrations.

[coolpool]

Lots of fabbing going on. Installed the army shovel mount on the rear grab bar. Ended up lifting the rear 1 1/2" with a homemade lift kit courtesy of Sam and installing a 22" tire up front using a ATC 250R front wheel and hub. The old 1986 TRX 250 shocks came in handy also. Picking the seats bottoms up on Friday then it will be a function test on the lake this weekend. I'm going to put a metal fender over the front wheel that rides with the swingarm; like a tractor front fender. After that, tear down for body & paint. One problem, Sam is intent on fabbing up a side stack to boost the cool factor, kids!

[fabiodriven]

That's turning out nice man! Got a closeup of the front end? That looks kinda trick man, I wanna see what's what with that. The stack would certainly be in order I'd say, yes.

[Samjp22]

I'll post up some picks in a bit of the front end, have to go get some longer bolts to finish bolting up the shocks

[Samjp22]

Okay more detailed pictures for all of you...
To fit the bigger front tire we had to extend our front "swinger" about 5 inches and had the old original axle milled down to fit the 250r hub.

The next order of business was addressing the front suspension, we had hoped to be able to use the front original coils but with the extra leverage and taller tire we were bottoming out with those. Luckily the old trx front shocks were still in good working order and we just decided to build out own shock mounts. The upper shock mounts we cut off the trx front end and welded them on the lower shock mounts were going to have to be fabbed up.

As you can see in this picture we welded the upper shock mounts to where the original shocks were bolted. The lower mounts were cut off and the new shock mounts were going to be welded right where the old original axle was.

Lower shock mounts were made out of two pieces of angle iron as we didn't have any access to rectangular tubing with a big enough inside width to fit the shock, they're not the prettiest but definitely functional.

Using the original spacers on the 250r hub we had gaps on either sides of them, we took a piece of cylindrical metal with a hole in it, drilled it out to fit the axle and welded it onto the swinger. This will actually give the axle more surface area to ride on now instead of just the flat bar making it a lot stronger.

Here's some pictures of how it sits now and just to give you an idea of how high this thing is really off the ground!

Something else you guys may be wondering is what we did for the choke and reverse button. Well we want to keep this thing looking army so we came up with the idea of using levers on our centre console for them and they work perfectly, just pull forward on them for choke and reverse!

And finally the shovel mount and tail lights. The tail lights we cut off the trx rear rack and welded them on. The shovel mount we wanted to be actually functional and secure so no one goes stealing this 1953 korean war army shovel. It was made from a piece of pipe cut in half with a hinge on one side and two tabs on the other side, one for a bolt and wing nut and the other for a small lock. We laid a piece of excess rubber in there to "grip" the shovel better and to keep it from rattling around.

The last thing to do while were tearing it apart is to fix the steering. Back in 1965 this thing definitely wasn't built to perfection and our steering is off by about an inch. The only way we can fix this is by either cutting our front end off and repositioning it on the steering bar, which would be an absolute pain in the ass so we've decided instead of doing that we're just going to cut the steering bar in half, rotate it to where it needs to be and weld it back on.

[Samjp22]

Im not too sure why the pictures are just showing up as "Attachment xxxxxx"

Fixed it

[thcowboy]

Top Tier Builds candidate here!!

[coolpool]

How about a simple roll bar? just in case...

Add a couple of LED lights to it.

We discussed the roll bar, but without actually being secured inside the machine with belts and webbing it might be one more thing to squish me if I turn over! Thanks for the jegs thermostat link BTW. Still working that one through. Sam put a similar set up on his R to track temps made by Jose or something like that.

No LED's for me thanks ;-)

[Samjp22]

Koso* lol.

[coolpool]

Ok on to plan 'B' for the front end. I think we've all been there. The set up pictured above was an absolute bear to steer. Seems I needed to get the axle directly under the steering stem to prevent the wheel from wanting to spin around and trail. Kind of like the front wheel of a shopping cart always wanting to correct itself. I shortened up the swing arm quite a bit and moved the pivot points back. Had it out today and it's effortless to keep straight. I still need to cut off the rear of the front swing arm, bend a 3/4" piece of round stock 1" off centre and re-weld it in place. Currently at full right turn my brake pedal hits the swing arm. I got the seats done finally with a total bill of $280.00 for everything, not bad for our neck of the woods.

[coolpool]

Here's an issue someone may be able to help with. The throttle response is great when in Neutral, revs up and down as it should and there's no air leaks. When in gear and driving, the throttle does not want to rev down between shifts. It's like the clutch is permanently mated to the tranny and won't release the engine to allow a smooth shift. A bit hard to explain. Pretty much have to power shift through the gears. I'm going to perform a clutch adjustment and see if that helps.

[coolpool]

The clutch adjustment seemed to have worked. Shifts nice now. Should've done that prior to asking for help...noooob move!

[fabiodriven]

You're starting in the right place with the clutch adjustment.

[coolpool]

I built the first draft of the golf bag holders. I'm thinking a piece of 1/2" x 3/16" steel bar on edge running up both spines will give it better rigidity. I need to wrap the steel bands in foam and rivet some straps on to keep the bags in place. These are the knobbies I plan to "bald" and the original front wheel I'm going to fit to the axle so I can attempt to use this on the links. I gotta try! As you can see, we've been playing in the mud a bit, it works well for what it is.