I wish I hadn't bought mine. I've seen guys mount the fuel pump on the flywheel housing. I am not running a gov on my kart motor, but I used the existing arm to hook up the throttle. It's kinda hard to explain, and I can't take a good pic because the top plate is in the way. If you're creative enough to whip up a way to connect your throttle, you don't need the plate. Are you going to run a fuel pump, or are you just gonna allow gravity to do the job?
I have a remote fuel tank that sits on top of the DB frame between the handlebars and the seat... I'm planning to have a gravity feed. And looking at my pred motor, it has a clamp and eyelet nut for the throttle hook up - seems pretty straight forward - hope I'm not missing anything.
I have all the parts, just need time to hook everything up. The main reasoning for my question was I thought perhaps the top plate smoothed out the throttle operation, but sounds like its purely for looks and fuel pump mounting... neither of which I really am too concerned about.
Thanks for the replies!
I have all the parts, just need time to hook everything up. The main reasoning for my question was I thought perhaps the top plate smoothed out the throttle operation, but sounds like its purely for looks and fuel pump mounting... neither of which I really am too concerned about.
Thanks for the replies!
Yes, it's much better with the cable attached on a top plate.
I wanted to keep all the original throttle control and governor setup intact on my predator and it wouldn't work any other way for me.
I tried both attachment points on the predator and my cable had too much resistance keeping it from returning back to idle. It didn't snap back like it should and that was even with a heavier return spring attached.
The mechanism operated smoothly by hand but attaching the cable made it stick. I had a new cable so I knew it wasn't snagged and there were no loose strands on it. The stop/hold washer was removed when I first pulled the engine out of the box so that wasn't an issue. It just wouldn't work unless the cable was aimed straight at the engine from the front.
Mounting it on a top plate made the throttle work correctly. A lined cable would be the only other way to go.
I wanted to keep all the original throttle control and governor setup intact on my predator and it wouldn't work any other way for me.
I tried both attachment points on the predator and my cable had too much resistance keeping it from returning back to idle. It didn't snap back like it should and that was even with a heavier return spring attached.
The mechanism operated smoothly by hand but attaching the cable made it stick. I had a new cable so I knew it wasn't snagged and there were no loose strands on it. The stop/hold washer was removed when I first pulled the engine out of the box so that wasn't an issue. It just wouldn't work unless the cable was aimed straight at the engine from the front.
Mounting it on a top plate made the throttle work correctly. A lined cable would be the only other way to go.
Yes, it's much better with the cable attached on a top plate.
I wanted to keep all the original throttle control and governor setup intact on my predator and it wouldn't work any other way for me.
I tried both attachment points on the predator and my cable had too much resistance keeping it from returning back to idle. It didn't snap back like it should and that was even with a heavier return spring attached.
The mechanism operated smoothly by hand but attaching the cable made it stick. I had a new cable so I knew it wasn't snagged and there were no loose strands on it. The stop/hold washer was removed when I first pulled the engine out of the box so that wasn't an issue. It just wouldn't work unless the cable was aimed straight at the engine from the front.
Mounting it on a top plate made the throttle work correctly. A lined cable would be the only other way to go.
I wanted to keep all the original throttle control and governor setup intact on my predator and it wouldn't work any other way for me.
I tried both attachment points on the predator and my cable had too much resistance keeping it from returning back to idle. It didn't snap back like it should and that was even with a heavier return spring attached.
The mechanism operated smoothly by hand but attaching the cable made it stick. I had a new cable so I knew it wasn't snagged and there were no loose strands on it. The stop/hold washer was removed when I first pulled the engine out of the box so that wasn't an issue. It just wouldn't work unless the cable was aimed straight at the engine from the front.
Mounting it on a top plate made the throttle work correctly. A lined cable would be the only other way to go.
You can still use it with the governor in place, Dubs. Look at my setup again...that's exactly what I've done.
Instead of having the ARC linkage connected directly to the throttle on the carb have a shorter rod connect to the original predator throttle hand lever. That's where I've connected the rod I made.
Zoom in for a closeup look...there's already a hole in the predator hand lever where the rod is attached.
Instead of having the ARC linkage connected directly to the throttle on the carb have a shorter rod connect to the original predator throttle hand lever. That's where I've connected the rod I made.
Zoom in for a closeup look...there's already a hole in the predator hand lever where the rod is attached.
What do you mean exactly? It already has holes in it and has a cable mounting point attached.
I think Dubs said he had the throttle hooked up in one of those stock locations provided and was running it that way already. He was just interested in using a top plate is all.
For my setup the stock cable mounting locations on the predator would not work using the crappy cable I got. It was binding up and sticking open no matter which way I routed it. So, I tried it this way and made it work with the governor still intact. It would be completely unnecessary with a good cable.
I think Dubs said he had the throttle hooked up in one of those stock locations provided and was running it that way already. He was just interested in using a top plate is all.
For my setup the stock cable mounting locations on the predator would not work using the crappy cable I got. It was binding up and sticking open no matter which way I routed it. So, I tried it this way and made it work with the governor still intact. It would be completely unnecessary with a good cable.