Governor question ?

Given my limited understanding of how the governor works, the balls will travel too far out and may even be running against the housing if the clearance is too large (>.230"). The response of the governor will be different as the centrifugal force (that which slings the balls out) will be greater if the balls are circulating in a larger circle. The range of motion for the balls, and thus the arm controlling the carb, will be greater too. The carb linkage may end up limiting the governor motion (a worst case I'm guessing).

FWIW,

Tad

Think of it as having 85 psi compression in a cylinder... spec is minimum 90 psi.. I think alot of us N owners are running around with parts that are just out of tolerance.. but not enough out to rebuild.. or to cause a failure.

Was it running before the gov. repair? If so.. should be no worse. The new balls without the flat spots will help.

Of course, the 'right' thing to do would be to shim it to back within tolerance.. that way you could gain full benefit of its 'well-adjusted' operation.. out of toloerance.. I imagine you are sacrificing some performance.. how much?

Problems down the road? Welll.. when it goes out of tolerance enough to affect its smooth operation.. you or the next owner will then have to repair it... Kind of a pay me now or pay me later issue. If it is a light duty tractor think of it like this... it made it this long.. with 'that' amount of wear... though it mail fail tomorrow.. my bet is that it has years of service left..

Soundguy