My kid’s kart is an upside-down T shape, which prevents a normal mychron mount on the “top” of the wheel. It looks like the previous owner mounted it on the bottom (based on the bracket), but that seems less ideal from a “keep your eye on the road” perspective.
If there is enough clearance for the bump out on the back from the Mychron Battery, I would mount it in the split of the upper support. You could put an oversized fender washer on the back and maybe a thin piece of foam to protect the paint.
Back in the olden days they were all mounted in that vertical spoke. Until OTK in their infinite wisdom decided that it’d be awesome if they could also sell a bracket, then everyone else followed them.
Here’s some piccies of an old alfano mounted to this style steering wheel. It just bolts directly through with the two rubber washers either side.
Sorry to revive an old thread. I’m trying to do the same thing - mount a 5s. Even with spacers I run out of threads before I can get it high enough to clear the battery pack. I don’t see a clear resolution to the problem.
Are my only options at this point getting a bracket and mounting it on the bottom or getting an AIM wheel?
I know this isn’t a cheap sport, but I’d prefer to not blow $230 on a wheel.
FYI, I was able to mount it as suggested in the picture just above. The battery pack (barely) fits within the confines of the wheel – I think I only used 1 spacer.
Mount behind the wheel on an offset bracket? I did this on my sons Rookie chassis and im sure glad I did. The 5s was only 2 weeks old and he flipped the kart. Destroyed tge wheel and lots of other stuff but the Mycron was perfect.
I mounted behind the wheel on my own kart. On the one pictured in the original post, I mounted it on top of the wheel, much like the red wheel just above. The mychron 5s battery just barely fits in the gap.
