hi welcome to Monster transmission you're in Curt's corner today we're going to go
over how to replace or check the governor on a 700r4
again it's a four-speed automatic very common unit using a lot of conversions
now the governor assembly is actually a there's a cover on the side of the
transmission on the driver's side so I'm going to rotate this transmission around
in this round area here this this is the cover for the governor now some of the
early models actually had a clip and extend it over here went on okay but
then they that's an obsolete part they started stopped doing that in 1986 so
some have this clip some not and that's just to prevent the cover from blowing
off so what you do to prevent that from happening so we had a little bead of
silicone on it we put it on and I'll prevent that from happening so the first
thing we do is we remove this cover now you can remove this with the
transmission is still on the vehicle it's a little more difficult because the
crossmember crosses under here but if you get a screwdriver and get behind the
lip of this cover you can knock this cover off so it just it's just hammered
on to the casting of the case so again safety first we'll put our safety
glasses on and now we're going to remove this cover you do not want to hammer
down in you because you could rupture or puncture a hole in the cover these are
older units and sometimes these covers get very rusty but we do offer these on
our website it's the seal and this exposes the governor assembly now the
governor teeth ride on the output shaft of the transmission so as you pull it
out notice it'll rotate they'll rotate and expose the entire governor this
nylon gear rides on the output shaft now if you're driving along the transmission
stop shifting completely it's a good chance to the nylon gear here broke and
it cannot rotate and give the command that I have the transmission shift
when I pass our oil on to give the command so if your vehicle stop shifting
suddenly a good place to check as a governor if it's shifting really late or
stop shifting again it also could be a valve there's a valve inside this area
here when you activate these weights and you
close them you see the valve on the inside will move down when you release
the spring tension inside the butter fly weights will expand and the and the gear
will go back up the valve actually slide back up and the governor assembly okay
now to clean this so I'm going to use car cleaner or solvent and you can wash
it in here again be careful not to get that in your eyes clean that out and if
you tap it several times on a hard surface that sonic vibration will free
up that valve and you can check it again by squeezing the butterfly weights
together if the valve is moving then its operating correctly and the transmission
still doesn't shift and you have another issue inside the unit if we determine
the governor is good or we've cleaned it and now it's free and all the teeth are
on the on the governor itself then you want to slide it back in to the port and
it doesn't matter which direction you go because it rotates slide that back in
and to verify that the gears good again if you rotate the output shaft you'll
see that the gear actually rotates because it rides on this output shaft so
now that the gear is completely installed if it came with a seal
reinstall the seal you put a bead of silicone not too much and ensure that it
starts level and you can tap you're doing the hammer too hard in the
center and you'll collapse the housing end and one won't seal plus it also be
riding against the governor assembly so you want to tap the perimeter of the of
the housing down until it seals all the way around so that's how you reinstall
the governor assembly now if you have any further questions on ship
performance or governor's on on this transmission or other transmissions feel
free to give us a call at monster 1-800-708-0087
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