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What is a live axel on a gokart?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

a "live" axel has two wheels usually on the rear of a kart that turn at the same speed all the time. when they say live axel they mean the axel itself turns and the wheels are atached to the axel. the alturnitive to this is a one wheel driven kart od a differentail. the downside to a live axel is the turning you will have a more difficult time turning the kart if you use a live axel because both wheels turn at the same speed all the time and if oyu are making a corner the outside wheel should be turning faster that the one on the inside of the turn because it has more distance to travel. so in rusult one of the rear wheels will have to sli[p acrossed the ground to make those sharp turns.

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14y ago

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