2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit.

4mula1fan · 08-17-2019, 08:56 AM

My cart, out of the blue has no governor. We were just cruising along and something stopped working. RPM will run way up. It made no noise at all when it happened. I’m sure something broke or came apart the way it took off. We’re camping so I don’t have access to my garage. It runs normally but has no limit to rpm. I sure don’t need to splatter my engine. Is there something I can look at?

4mula1fan · 08-17-2019, 03:43 PM

Bumpity bump for advice.

nickdalzell1 · 08-18-2019, 07:33 AM

These engines actually do have a rev limiter built into the coil somehow. When you turn one up too fast it will do like a club car and cut fire, off and on again. super annoying. If your governor gave up, you'd have it doing the same. So there's no worry about going through a set of rings.

That being said, The governor is in the rear end, and if it's not a bad cable, you'll have to dig inside. There's not much inside to confuse you at all. three gears, two large ones are the ones that actually drive the wheels off the driven clutch, plus one tiny plastic one with a few fly-weights and a lever attached, that's the governor. My bet is it ate the plastic teeth off or the lever came loose.

4mula1fan · 08-18-2019, 08:59 AM

Thanks for the reply. Figures they would put a dang piece of plastic in there. It lasted 11 years though. I’ll just keep an eye on it and a light foot, and hope the rear end won’t grenade if it decides to chew some plastic.

nickdalzell1 · 08-18-2019, 09:57 AM

Well, EZGO already went full-on disposable chargers on their later electric models, no surprise they started going cheap with rear end governors.

However, around here where our shop is, we get tons of requests to bypass the governor, not keep it intact. Seems folks here aren't satisfied with JUST going 19.5 MPH maximum.

But high speed gears is far more practical than removing it entirely.

You might be able to compensate somewhat by adjusting the accelerator cable travel, which is located on the rear end's top. there's a threaded cable and adjusting it adjusts how far the accelerator travels before engaging the carburetor.

08-17-2019, 08:56 AM	#1
4mula1fan Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Western KY Posts: 218	2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit. My cart, out of the blue has no governor. We were just cruising along and something stopped working. RPM will run way up. It made no noise at all when it happened. I’m sure something broke or came apart the way it took off. We’re camping so I don’t have access to my garage. It runs normally but has no limit to rpm. I sure don’t need to splatter my engine. Is there something I can look at?

08-17-2019, 03:43 PM	#2
4mula1fan Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Western KY Posts: 218	Re: 2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit. Bumpity bump for advice.

08-18-2019, 07:33 AM	#3
nickdalzell1 Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,279	Re: 2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit. These engines actually do have a rev limiter built into the coil somehow. When you turn one up too fast it will do like a club car and cut fire, off and on again. super annoying. If your governor gave up, you'd have it doing the same. So there's no worry about going through a set of rings. That being said, The governor is in the rear end, and if it's not a bad cable, you'll have to dig inside. There's not much inside to confuse you at all. three gears, two large ones are the ones that actually drive the wheels off the driven clutch, plus one tiny plastic one with a few fly-weights and a lever attached, that's the governor. My bet is it ate the plastic teeth off or the lever came loose.

08-18-2019, 08:59 AM	#4
4mula1fan Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Western KY Posts: 218	Re: 2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit. Thanks for the reply. Figures they would put a dang piece of plastic in there. It lasted 11 years though. I’ll just keep an eye on it and a light foot, and hope the rear end won’t grenade if it decides to chew some plastic.

08-18-2019, 09:57 AM	#5
nickdalzell1 Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,279	Re: 2008 RXV Kawasaki governor quit. Well, EZGO already went full-on disposable chargers on their later electric models, no surprise they started going cheap with rear end governors. However, around here where our shop is, we get tons of requests to bypass the governor, not keep it intact. Seems folks here aren't satisfied with JUST going 19.5 MPH maximum. But high speed gears is far more practical than removing it entirely. You might be able to compensate somewhat by adjusting the accelerator cable travel, which is located on the rear end's top. there's a threaded cable and adjusting it adjusts how far the accelerator travels before engaging the carburetor.

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