This is my ideas just from the basic pic's, but done take this as gospel.The pic's are showing the tension carriage for the governor rope. The rope does appear to have some very minor kinks and showing some orange tinges so it may be the start of rust. If so the rope does need replacing. As to tension (of which these kinks then may be ok), if you notice the centre bolt in the middle of the tension diverter sheave, is the floating point for the whole system and is supposed to float or move up and down. You have painted the area, so check and make sure this can move and is free and maybe lube it with grease. The black weights are supposed to regulate this float. With the bolt in the centre of opening and with the rope a little loose, the rope may need shortening. As to get the unit to over speed, I don't think you will be able to do that, but we have had a switch on the controller(not sure on this equipment) to trigger the fly ball action on the governor to activate this, to test everything. In my experience these governors get actioned by bouncing of the lift or governor rope sticking and lifting.

Last edited by uppo72; 01/19/16 03:28 AM.