Before I start, I
have to say what works for me may not work for other people. As some of you
know I am rebuilding the engine in my A/C B.
The pin holes
in the flyweights of my governor were well warn. I could ether buy a new assembly,
buy a used assembly, or just fix it myself. I disassembled the governor and found
that the guide pins were pressed into the geared part of the assembly. After
knocking the pins out with a pin punch. Once removed, I measured the center
area of the pin, that was pressed in. The pin measured .2495. I took a .250 hand
reamer and reamed the holes out. I tried the pins in the holes, and they slid
just fine. I placed a long .250 Diameter dowel pin in the assembly and noticed
that the flyweights were warn (egged out or elongated) towards the front of the
tractor. I placed the original pins into the assembly with the flyweights in place.
Set the governor assembly so that the weights leaned forward. I put a drop of
Loctite 609 on the edge of the pin and it “wicked” into the warn area of the
flyweight. Loctite is not crazy glue. Loctite 609 has an operating temperature -65.0
- 300.0 °F. Motor oil will not affect it when cured.
I allowed
the Loctite to dry and then I flipped the governor over and placed another drop
onto the other side of the pin. I let it sit overnight. The next day I went to
move the flyweight. You know that it was stuck solid. But not too solid. I pressed
on it with my thumb and moved the flyweight. I checked to see if the pin was
moving along with the flyweight, and it was. So, the Loctite may have made its
way into the area that I reamed, but there wasn’t enough to lock it solid. I
spent a few minutes working the weight back and forth and now as I spin the
assembly by hand, the weight moved back and forth under its own gravity. Next, I
did the same thing to the other si
I am very
happy with the results, and I wanted to share them.
Picture is
shown without pin clips in place to show the wear on the flyweights.
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