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EDITION : JANUARY 2010
MAN038.011
USER GUIDE ST32BV
19- TROUBLE SHOOTING.
Brakes do not work:
1.
Is the pedal working correctly (not blocked)?
2.
Is the cap of the fluid reservoir tight?
3.
Is the level of the brake fluid correct?
4.
Are the hoses correctly connected?
5.
Are the break pads worn out?
6.
Is the caliper correctly tightened on its support?
The brake pads permanently touch the disk:
1.
Is the brake fluid old or black?
2.
Is the brake disk correctly aligned?
3.
Is the caliper well tightened on its support?
4.
Is the brake pedal free to rotate around its axis?
5.
Is the brake pads gap correct?
The steering is hard.
1.
Are the screws of the stub axles tightened with the right torque?
2.
Is the caster too high?
The steering of the kart is not precise.
1.
Is the parallelism OK?
2.
Are the steering tie rods bent?
3.
Is the plastic steering column support well tightened?
4.
Is the steering column support well tightened on the frame?
The kart tends to go to the right or to the left.
1.
Is the parallelism OK?
2.
Are the pressures of the tires OK (left vs. right)?
3.
Are the tires diameter equal (middle and sides)?
4.
Are the two block nuts of the steering tie rods well tightened?
5.
Are the tie rods bent?
