Hi guys and gals I am new to this forum. I just turned 70 and can no longer walk a 1/2 mile to my duck blind. So I bought a basket case tote goat no motor but everything else seems to be there. It seems to be atleast 30 years old. My question is what is the expandable pully on the fist jackshaft. I dont think it is a tourque converter it looks more like a belt tenisor. The guy I bought it from said it had a cenitriful pully clutch. If it is a belt tenser how do I set up the belt pull the pully apart and as the belt wears it will take up the slack or do I have a tourque converter. Sorry about my spelling but I spent most of my younger days in the duck blind instead of school. Thanks
Tote goat pully
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A few pictures would really help. Most Gotes used a torque converter type drive, a continuously variable transmission. When idling the drive pulley is wide open, so it doesn't grip the belt, as the RPMs increase the sides of the pulley are driven together, tensioning the belt, as RPMs continue to increase the belt is driven up the sides of the drive pulley, and pulled down deeper into the driven pulley. It is a great system. Climb-a-way clutches are great, but hard to find. A 40 or 44 series comet clutch will usually work with a Gote set up. Again, pics would help, and not all Tote Gotes are actually Tote Gotes, lots of stuff gets labelled as a Gote, but isn't.
Yes, most of the Tote Gotes used a torque convertor drive system.. If the original driver clutch is missing from the motor you could be in real bad shape for making it perfect original.. The original clutches on these bikes worked backwards to all the others..
BUT I do not see why you couldn't just replace BOTH clutches with a more modern Comet style torque converter setup.. :shrug:
OR honestly... as low geared as the machine is.. Just a standard one speed centerfugal would pull you just fine, and probably a deer I'm sure.. :shrug: As long as the bike is geared for a walking speed wide open, it would be fine.. I have a one speed centerfugal on my bike, that is geared for better that 50 miles per hour, and can pull a trailer loaded down with 120, 130 pounds of scrap motors, and pull them to the junkyard.. :shrug:
The clutch doesn't much care for it, but it does it.. :lol:
BUT I do not see why you couldn't just replace BOTH clutches with a more modern Comet style torque converter setup.. :shrug:
OR honestly... as low geared as the machine is.. Just a standard one speed centerfugal would pull you just fine, and probably a deer I'm sure.. :shrug: As long as the bike is geared for a walking speed wide open, it would be fine.. I have a one speed centerfugal on my bike, that is geared for better that 50 miles per hour, and can pull a trailer loaded down with 120, 130 pounds of scrap motors, and pull them to the junkyard.. :shrug:
The clutch doesn't much care for it, but it does it.. :lol:
Pully
I have a pic of the pully now all I have to do is figure out how to send it View attachment 46884 Im not sure if I did it right
I have a pic of the pully now all I have to do is figure out how to send it View attachment 46884 Im not sure if I did it right
It should work, IF the clutch is made to accommodate a wide enough belt. Some have a place for spacers to be added, like the Climb-a-way. Richard can tell you more if you snap a pic or two of the gote. He knows more about gotes than anyone I know of. Most gotes run a 15/16th" belt, (I believe), but will work with a 7/8th".