[only1stegall]

Originally Posted by Matt G.

If the tab is gone, it will turn more than 1/4 turn.

Before you tear the engine all apart, there's one more thing to try. Reset the governor arm again, but you have to go a little further with the arm. If I remember correctly, the procedure to reset the governor is to loosen the arm, rotate the arm towards the carb as far as it will go (check the manual, I might have this backwards) and then hold the arm in position towards the carb and rotate the shaft CW until it stops. Now, instead of tightening the arm, rotate the whole assembly CCW a bit, and then rotate the shaft CW again until it stops, then tighten the arm. If I don't have that completely backwards (once again, it's been a couple years since I've had to adjust a governor) that should slow it down. I had to do that on a tractor once to get it to work. If that didn't make any sense, I'll look up the procedure in the manual and re-explain this later tonight, but I don't have time right now.

the fsm tells you to pull the governor arm AWAY from the carb as far as it will allow, and then rotate the xshaft CCW until it stops. This isnt a typo is it ?

if the tab is not broken off the cross shaft, is there some thing to breaks or stops working with the gear? what else can cause the gov not to function correctly if the xshaft is alright ?