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CARTER DEFINITION OF FEATURES

Axle Types
Stub Axle - One rear tire pulls.
Live Axle - Both rear tires pull.
Differential - Both rear tires pull, but allows the kart to turn easier. The differential allows the outside tire in a turn to rotate faster than the inside tire. This gives the kart much better performance in turns. This also prevents damage to your lawn during slow speed turns.

Carter's Frame
Carter uses 1" 12 gauge steel on all support tubing on our kart frames. Carter's tubing is manufactured to ASTM A513 Manufacturing Standards. This tubing also complies with ASTM A513 roundness standards, strength requirements, wall thickness, and weld seam tolerance.

Welding
Carter uses a premium welding wire made from virgin steel. We do not use welding wire made of recycled steel. Our argon gas / oxygen mix welding system increases tensile strength of the welds by 15000 pounds per square inch over a CO2 weld. This provides frames with cleaner welds and joints that are stronger and more flexible. Carter also uses state of the art welding equipment and trained operators.

Powder Coated Paint
Carter uses a baked-on powder paint on all frames and parts. Below are the primary benefits of powder paint.

• Does not rust as fast.

• Resists scratching and chipping.

Axle Coverings
Carter encloses all of our live axles in either tubular steel or ABS plastic.

Tires, Rims, and Hubs
Carter uses a two piece steel rim with an aluminum hub. Many fun kart manufacturers use a one-piece cast aluminum rim. This one-piece aluminum rim has a tendency to chip and break when striking a solid object. Carter's two piece steel rim is much more durable.

Rim Strength
Carter's rims are produced of high strength steel. The 5" rims are made of 16-gauge steel and the 6" rims are made of 14-gauge steel.

Hubs
Carter uses heavy-duty cast iron hubs on all of our trail karts. The tensile strength of our hub has a 30,000-pound per square inch strength minimum. Our hubs also meet ASTM standards and are fully machined to ensure roundness and consistency.

Bearings
Carter uses two sealed bearing on the front tires of all our karts. We use a minimum of one, and sometimes two, on the rear tires of our units.

Carter's radial ball bearings are sealed on both sides with rubber seals, which contains the grease preinstalled inside the bearing. These bearings can withstand operating temperatures from -30° to 350°.

Sprockets
Carter's sprockets are either stamped or heat-treated. A heat-treated sprocket is more durable.

ABS Plastic
Carter's use of ABS Plastic bodies on the Custom lines offer two major advantages over fiberglass.

• Less damage due to cracking and breaking

• Scratches do not show up due to the color being throughout the thickness of the body

Torque Converter Drive Belts
Carter uses torque converter drive belts laden with Kevlar cord. Advantage of the Kevlar cord is that it is 3.5 stronger than drive belts laden with polyester cord. These new Kevlar belts will also grip better than polyester cord belts. Kevlar is the same material used in bulletproof vests.

Lights
Carter uses lights with a metal mounting bracket and rubber housing. This means that our lights have a reduced likelihood of breaking off the custom bar cage.

Band Brakes vs. Disc Brakes
Many times the perception exists in the mind of the consumer that a disc brake system is better than a band braking system. Carter has been using the band and drum braking system on our fun karts for more than 30 years. In fact, Carter uses a dual band braking system on karts that require more stopping power due to larger tires. The main objective of any braking system is to bring the forward movement of the tire(s) to a halt and subsequently stop the kart. A band to drum and a disc breaking system provide similar stopping power on fun karts. Therefore, the only other items to consider are reliability and maintenance.

Carter's band braking system is designed so that most anyone can replace the band without having to go through the time and expense of buying pads for a disc, turning (retooling) the disc, or constantly adjusting the tension on the pads. The replacement of a brake band can be performed in much less time than replacing the pads and readjusting the tension on the disc system. Also, the pads on a disc system need to be replaced more often than bands.

Typically, a disc braking system requires a large disc that extends well below the frame. Hitting stumps, rocks, and other obstructions can damage this large disc. The drum(s) in a band braking system are small in outside diameter and are less likely to be damaged by obstructions.

Therefore, when every thing is taken into consideration, Carter's band braking systems out perform disc systems in reliability and maintenance while providing the same performance.