Hi all, I've built my son a Billy cart( I think some of you may call it a soap box racer?). We had a great afternoon riding down the grassy hills at the local park. It was a good opportunity to do some trouble shooting on it but one factor I haven't a good solution for yet is the steering.It's a simple pull rope steering mechanism on a si gle pivot point. The timber is separated by a couple of washers but when my boy is sittibg in it the steering is a bit stiff. He has no problems with it on the down hill but on wven surface or especially uphill when I'm pushing it he struggles to turn it. If I tilt the cart up on its back wheels he can turn it fine so I'm thinking there's some friction happening between the body and the axle timbers.I am thinking perhaps the axle timber is too wide. I used some left over treated pine from a job which is 140mm (5.5") for both the body and front axle with a M10 bolt as the pivot point so it seems to be an issue with the two timbers contacting eachother.Any ideas to fix this? Will I have to downsize the axle timber to reduce the area of contact or is there a solution around the pivot point I can use?Pic here via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2s95SMl
