Repair 7

How to Take a Governor Off a Scooter

A small washer in your scooters variator system governs its top speed. Removal of this washer will allow your scooter to accelerate faster and operate at a greater top speed. In order to access this washer, you must remove the intake case and variator case lid. This will give you access to the variator system. Once inside the system, taking the governing washer off your scooter requires you to first remove the front pulley wheel in your variator to gain total access to the washer.

Instructions

1

Disconnect the kickstand of your scooter. The kickstand is attached to your scooter by a small metal pin that is tightened by a bolt. Crack the bolt and pull the pin partially out and you will be able to remove the kickstand.

2

Unscrew the two or three bolts holding the plastic molded covering to which the kickstand was attached. This covering is the intake cover. Removing it will reveal the variator system.

3

Unscrew the six bolts. Hold the metal, flattened, cylindrical lid onto the case, revealed when you removed the intake cover. This is the variator case. Removing the six bolts will allow you to remove the lid, giving you access to the pulley system and governing washer.

4

Detach the front pulley wheel from the variator system. Use an impact wrench to remove the bolt holding the wheel in place. An impact wrench is an air-powered socket wrench.

5

Extricate the small washer from the front pulley rod. This washer acts as the governor of your scooter, limiting the variator systems ability to perform at full capacity and dropping your scooters acceleration and top speed capabilities.

6

Put your scooter back together, starting with the front pulley wheel, the lid of the variator case, the intake case and finally by reattaching the kickstand.