Hi All!
I was replacing the floor pan on my OTK. I was wondering what you tighten/torque the tray bolts to, if at all.
I know we had a thread recently about chassis protectors and how a minority of people can feel a handling difference with them.
Is this the same with the floor tray? I am curious to hear if any of you have ever experimented to see if there is any handling changes.
The “torque spec” is what I need, the handling aspect is just for my interest.
Thanks!
There is no torque spec. The floor pan is a tuning item, so you can run it loose and floating or tight.
Similar to a torsion bar, a stiffer floor pan (or tighter) will make the kart quicker to react, both in lifting the inside rear wheel but also setting it down. A softer (or looser) floor pan will allow for more flex in the center of the kart, similar to a softer torsion bar or softer seat.
On some karts I prefer to swap out the floor pan hardware with longer bolts so I can run it floating without fear of the nuts backing off.
Perfect, thank you TJ.
I wasn’t aware that it could be a tuning item with those effects, makes sense.
Good idea on the longer bolts, I got some anyway. Can’t have too many bolts!