Why not to jump your gov.

[Blazkowiez]

So a week ago we had a customer who brought his kart in and this is something we have seen in larger engines but is a rare break in smaller ones. The kids really did have the governor jumped pretty heavily.

This first picture is Robert holding the engine up so you can see how bad it is from a far.

Our second image is a close up so you can see the awesome damage.

Pretty sweet hugh? These kids parked the kart without saying a thing, three weeks went by and the father asked his kids if they wanted to ride the kart, they responded enthusiastically. Much to his chagrin this is what he went to the garage to see... the kids knew nothing about what could've possibly happened to their kart, as always.

 

[Blazkowiez]

On yeah BryanC. Thats the hub on the table, with 3/4" heim bearings in it. Bouyah!

 

[r_chez_08]

Ouch!

 

[EagleTalons]

Lemme guess, its a Tecumseh?

 

[slideways]

Tec's have a hard enough time keeping the rod in them in stock form. I'd never pull the governor on one of them. The last one i have running now is an I/C 5.5hp OHV. Leaving it bone stock and full of fresh oil. Its all i can do (and hope) that it keeps going.

 

[Blazkowiez]

Yeah, thats a 5.0 Tecumseh OHV. It was on a 1204 model Yerf-Dog. Now they've got a clone. I will say this though, for their price, Tecumseh has proven itself to be an affordable engine that is easy to work on. They have been topped by the clones in the aspect of price but they still have reliability, we go through a great deal of Tecumseh engines on our karts in and out of the shop and this is the first time I've seen one wreck that badly.