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Old 04-20-2016, 11:49 AM
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I was inspecting the rear of the go kart this weekend and noticed a grove in the brake rotor, strange.

Upon further looking it was caused by the bolts being too long, rubbing against it.

Rear brake caliper bolt was too long, 2 washers were there but some rotor damage done


Here you can see the 2 washers that were put there to make the end of the bolt prutude less, but this was obviously after damage was done.
>>It came from the dealer this way, I never touched the rear calipers prior to earlier fixing the brake pad thing.


This has caused me to lose faith in my dealership for setting up the go kart this way, I'm not sure though if he did this or it was done in the Tao Tao Chinese factory and they setup and shipped it to USA....


The rear brakes work and seem not to be affected by this, in short term at least.
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