Governor Disassembly

Am I trying to drive the pin out the correct way? It looks like it was driven in from the front of the governor, but I could be wrong. Am I missing something, or is this pin just really stubborn? I'm hesitant to pre-heat the fork, since everything in there is cast.

Is this pin re-usable, or do I need to get a governor rebuild kit before I can reassemble this thing?

Another related question -- how do you remove the big gear and bearing from the end of the driveshaft?

Yes, the pin is reusable.

You have to press the shaft out of the gear to get to the bearing. I've got a press, but a crafty guy should be able to rig up a decent sized bench vise to press it apart.

You can shim your inner arm using soda/beer cans cut to length. Remember that you don't have to go all the way around the circle...just enough to make it fit good and still move. I think my new shim wraps around about 65% of the way and it feels good again. As for the bearing and gear, I believe they are pressed on. I didn't do anything with them when I went through my gov. I just replaced the balls, cupped race, thrust bearing and shims. Everything else looked good. don't forget to true up your gasket mating surfaces with some emory cloth and a piece of glass or really flat (machined) metal.

Jeb

I've got a gear puller that would probably remove that gear, but getting it back on could be a problem. How tight is the main bearing supposed to be? Any wobble at all? Mine does a little.

As for the gasket, I was planning to just use a bead of RTV instead of replacing the old cork gasket. Any reason this won't work?

It's okay to have a little wobble on the small thrust bearing as it rides kinda loose anywya, but the main bearing should not have wobble in it.