Briggs and Stratton Governor

[SmokinBBC]

Anyone familiar with B&S mechanical governor?

I fired up my generator and with choke wide open the motor went full throttle. Didn't go down to idle. The governor stays wide open. No movement whatsoever.

It is a mechanical governor. Hooked up properly...springs, etc. Is it possible that the crankshaft gov gear or governor crankshaft rod is busted?:crap:

 

[kwplot34]

most generators have a switch on the front panel. one way is full throttle and the other lets it idle down with no load,when a load is applied it will throttle up.check to see if you have one.

 

[SmokinBBC]

most generators have a switch on the front panel. one way is full throttle and the other lets it idle down with no load,when a load is applied it will throttle up.check to see if you have one.

Hey Kevin....how's it going?

Unfortunately, no swtich or throttle control on this one...only a governor.

 

[Fuelie74]

Most of the briggs I have had apart use centrifugal weights. Does the arm for the govern seem to move freely?

 

[kwplot34]

Every thing is going well here. how about with you? well i would guess that maybe the springs have come off the weights in the motor. the case is not hard to pull apart and take a look inside.

 

[SmokinBBC]

Most of the briggs I have had apart use centrifugal weights. Does the arm for the govern seem to move freely?

Yes,,,moves freely. I can idle it down by hand. No resistance at all coming up from the rod that gose into the crankcase. That rod moves freely.

 

[SmokinBBC]

Every thing is going well here. how about with you? well i would guess that maybe the springs have come off the weights in the motor. the case is not hard to pull apart and take a look inside.

things are going fine with me. Trying to get things reorganized in the garage. Haven't fired up the gen since summer. Thought I would make sure it's fine before winter. New plug, change oil...

The crank cover would be easy to get off if I could get the damn rotor shaft off the crankshaft. From the pictures on the web and parts page, it looks like the rotor shaft slides/presses on the crankshaft which is tapered. Can't get the dang thing to budge. I made a puller for it and the dang thing bent.

 

[Fuelie74]

The crank cover would be easy to get off if I could get the damn rotor shaft off the crankshaft. From the pictures on the web and parts page, it looks like the rotor shaft slides/presses on the crankshaft which is tapered. Can't get the dang thing to budge. I made a puller for it and the dang thing bent.

You mean the flywheel? If so harmonic balancer puller is what I used for the brigs in my rider.

 

[SmokinBBC]

The crank cover would be easy to get off if I could get the damn rotor shaft off the crankshaft. From the pictures on the web and parts page, it looks like the rotor shaft slides/presses on the crankshaft which is tapered. Can't get the dang thing to budge. I made a puller for it and the dang thing bent.

You mean the flywheel? If so harmonic balancer puller is what I used for the brigs in my rider.

The rotor and flywheel are one piece on the rotor shaft This shaft slides over the crank snout.

 

[SmokinBBC]

So I find a guy on the internet who responded to amisc. question. He uses a very high tech tool to get the rotors off.

A friggin 2x4.....you whack the sides of the rotor shaft at the end a few times going around it which loosens the shaft off of the tapered end. WTF!

So after about 6 or so good whacks....off she comes. So much for a puller!

 

[SmokinBBC]

Most of the briggs I have had apart use centrifugal weights. Does the arm for the govern seem to move freely?

One of the centrifugal weights was broken.