jimraysr
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Cable control of governor lever.
John, everything else is stock. nothing changed from the way it came from the factory.
Obviously the adjustment of the long lever on the crankcase governor saft was made, but it looks the same.
The linkage and springs are all pretty much covered by the carb. and the Grubee transmission that I would just about have to remove the transmission to even get a look.
For general information of anyone who doesn't own a Honda engine yet, here is the arrangement.
Carb. butterfly has a wire link to the long governor lever. The slack in the linkage is removed by a spring that is over the link and also connected to the butterfly and lever, just like the link wire. This gives much better response to changes in load or manual setting.
The manual lever is connected to the governor lever by a spring. This controls how much the governor can move the butterfly. When the manual lever is up. the spring is tight and the governor can not move the butterfly open. When the lever is down the spring is slack so the governor can open the butterfly to max rpm.
I like the governor as it senses what is happening with the engine. If there is a small restriction in gas flow for a second, it will give it more gas. When a load (from a hill) it feeds more gas to maintain your speed. Others want direct control so don't use the governor. As in anything there are always different opinions. Mine of course is always the right one. )
Jim
John, everything else is stock. nothing changed from the way it came from the factory.
Obviously the adjustment of the long lever on the crankcase governor saft was made, but it looks the same.
The linkage and springs are all pretty much covered by the carb. and the Grubee transmission that I would just about have to remove the transmission to even get a look.
For general information of anyone who doesn't own a Honda engine yet, here is the arrangement.
Carb. butterfly has a wire link to the long governor lever. The slack in the linkage is removed by a spring that is over the link and also connected to the butterfly and lever, just like the link wire. This gives much better response to changes in load or manual setting.
The manual lever is connected to the governor lever by a spring. This controls how much the governor can move the butterfly. When the manual lever is up. the spring is tight and the governor can not move the butterfly open. When the lever is down the spring is slack so the governor can open the butterfly to max rpm.
I like the governor as it senses what is happening with the engine. If there is a small restriction in gas flow for a second, it will give it more gas. When a load (from a hill) it feeds more gas to maintain your speed. Others want direct control so don't use the governor. As in anything there are always different opinions. Mine of course is always the right one. )
Jim
