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SEAT – FIT AND POSITION

How to fit a seat correctly...

Picking a seat that fits you correctly and fitting it into your kart are two very important operations that

will affect the performance of the kart. Firstly, make sure the seat fits you well. We recommend the

Kartech RT (for ‘SL’ type tyres) or Kartech RT Stiff (for high grip ‘SL’ or ‘Open’ type tyre) seats. Place

the chosen seat on the floor and sit in it with your legs out flat and arms held out as if you were in your

kart and driving it. You should fit all the way down into the seat. The seat should firmly hold your hips,

while you must be able to place your flat hand in between the seat and your rib cage without using

force. With an Arrow kart, once you’ve got the correct seat, depending on its size and the model Arrow

kart you’re fitting it in to, the Seat Position diagram and chart included with this Manual (if buying

a new kart) will help you ascertain the correct measurements you’ll need, or refer to our website at

www.arrowkarts.com.

When fitting a seat in your kart, it is essential that the frame is not stressed or forced in order to

tighten up the seat fixing bolts. Arrow offers a range of seat spacers that help making the job of

fitting a seat easy. Make sure you use a large diameter seat washer against each side of the seat; a

very important must in spreading cornering loads. Using Arrow spacers, we suggest using the Arrow

self aligning seat spacers combined with a mixture of the 7mm plastic spacer with the 7mm & 12mm

aluminium seat washers, as needed, plus the Arrow plastic seat “wedge”. It is important that only a

maximum of one plastic 7mm seat spacer plus the plastic seat wedge is used on each side of the seat.

The plastic seat wedge, once fitted, should be rotated to provide good alignment between the seat and

seat bracket surfaces.

As an example, on an Arrow kart we recommend:

Against the seat: Large o.d. washer

Next: Arrow self aligning seat washers ( aluminium ).

Next: 7 or 12mm alum. spacer as required*,

Next: 1 x 7mm plastic spacer if required*,

Next: plastic seat wedge.

Under the front of the seat only plastic seat spacers

should be used as packing between the seat and the

welded chassis mounting tabs in obtaining the correct

relevant measurements.

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