Secrets of Briggs Governor Speed Adjustment
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2024
- Learn the secrets of Briggs governor speed adjustment with tips on using a tachometer to measure RPM and adjust high-speed settings for your Briggs and Stratton engine.
Take a look behind the throttle control housing. Speed up or slow down with spring tension. Check rpm with a tachometer.
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Very good video! Very detailed, good explanation!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As an electrical engineer I can say that the device reading your RPMs should most deffinitely be wrapped around the wire. The wrapping allows for more coupling between the two wires and hugher currents to flow. The unit you yave is just a simple pulse counter and IMHO if its giving you reasonable numbers (not saying 10k RPM or 138RPM) then I would think it should be fairly accurate. I would guess within 10% or so of reality.
Great video! I have always messed with the spring to adjust the tension. Either cutting it or stretching it past plastic deformation. The tab method is probably easier.
This was my first time with this type of meter. Wrapping around the wire was the key to a more consistent reading. I'm sure I will grow to trust it more with use. Most small engines will have an attachment point for the spring that can be adjusted to change top rpm.
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
Great information. Mine was set to 2200 rpm from the factory. I wanted to bring it up to 3400. My ZTs I set to 3500.
Hi, I looked up some general briggs specs and there was a range. From about 3200 to almost 3700 depending on size and application.
Just found ur channel mate I enjoyed watching 👀 keep it up please
Thank you, just getting started with the video part. Hope to grow
Thank you
Awesome video! You were straight to the point and had very good camera angles with detailed instructions. I may have to reopen my briggs v twin after just rebuilding it. The governor arm will not adjust. It is stuck in full throttle. I suspect the governor weights broke when i started it up. The 1/4in governor shaft hexhead is whats stuck, and cant be adusted. Lets see what happens...
good luck, yes that shaft should move freely when there is no linkage hooked to it.
Go to CZcamssCZcams's "Tyral Fixes All" / setBriggs and Stratton v-twin governor. He'll show you how to do it quickly and easily. Hope this helps.
That’s a good video Thank you so much
Glad you enjoyed it
Top video. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
I can see you really know your stuff. I'm having problems with a B&s 14.5 i/c quiet OHV 287707-1279 E1. Flames came from exhaust after running about an hrs. Exhaust starts glowing hot. Clearly overheating. Black smoke on startup and black around exhaust holes. Runs up and down when under load. On a Dixon 3014 ztr. New air filter and spark plug, never had a gas filter. I didn't check spark plug gap before installing. With the excess heat, I'm thinking to much gas or not enough air, making Rich. No gas smell from exhaust however. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hi, black around exhaust usually means it's getting too much gas. choke may be partially closed. float may be too high. also flames could mean that exhaust valve needs to be adjusted. if exhaust valve is just slightly open during combustion you will get very hot exhaust gas leaking through. Make sure the spark plug is the correct one. There are a lot of possibilities.
My bad I meant 2700 from factory.
Most small engines run at 3600 full speed.
Yes, that's what has always been in my head, used to be on the tune-up label on the older engines. Best source is probable the owners manual for the individual machine.
I set them at 32 or 3225
Seems that’s plenty 😊😊
There are actually different specs depending on application.
Not a mechanic, but is your fuel filter on backwards? Maybe it doesn't matter, but I think mine is installed the other way.😊
technically it should go a specific direction. but it will filter and flow in either direction. that is how it was when I got it. considering all the other things I found wrong, it is probably backwards.
I did a video on repairing the sticking choke also,
It is correctly installed. The fuel flows from the outside through the filtering media and out from there. If installed in the other direction, you wouldn't be able to see the crap that is getting filtered because it would be inside the filtering media.
mine is broke i think rpm just keeps climbing any way to fix it?
Maybe your governor lever is loose on the shaft coming out of the engine. When it is running the governor arm will be trying to close the throttle on the carburetor. Could be that the throttle plate is sticking. I did a video about a sticking throttle on a new carb. Maybe check that out.
@@ridingmowerking thanks I’ll check it out
That cheap plastic peace is AllWAYS breaking when it gets 10 years old 😢😢😢
Not a problem on newer engines, many don't make it 10 years.
thats not the correct way to adjust the governor
Et c'est quoi la bonne ?
Then what would the approved method be, good sir?
After thinking about it (not even seen his method yet) I can think of three ways to adjust a governor.
1. Stretch spring past plastic deformity, or cut...
2. Bend the spring tab
3. Adjust the governor linkages.
He just got to his method and he decided to bend the tab, I think that's the easiest. Maybe this isn't the way a Briggs and Stratton engineer might do it, however as a normal consumer I think this video is great. He even mentioned that setting the RPMs too high would shorten the life of the mower.
Great video, sir! This is good information for anyone willing to do just a little maintenance and repair on their own things, like everyone should.
Thanks 😊
this method is actually to adjust the top speed, not to set the governor linkage. if the governor was apart, then that is a whole different procedure. I do actually know the difference. thanks for the comment.
My RPM stay high and for some reason it will shout off if I move throttle down a little bit, even and adjusting throttle cable. I could be bending down governor?
@@doradodelsol Hi, If you cannot control the speed as you say, then that might require a static adjustment or reset of the governor arm. this video is not for that. There are great videos of that procedure, www.youtube.com/@TarylFixesAll is my recommendation
Sounds terrible.
Mixture screw was also out of adjustment