PCU5000 and Van's VA-153 mounting bracket problems
Fellow builders,
I need your help.
I received my FWF kit a few weeks ago and decided to return the MT governor and purchased a PCU5000 governor instead. I read the posts and talked with the PCU folks and Van's and it appeared the VA-153-PC bracket should work. In fact there are several postings saying the it dropped in without any modifications.
Well that is not the case with the VA-153-PC bracket and the PCU5000 in my case. See photos attached.
Many of the posts I reviewed had the old style governor bracket. This bracket mounted to the base flange of the governor. The current bracket mounts from the rear of the governor. I was told by Van's that this is the only bracket available and the reason they changed the design was to give more access for the oil lines.
Here are my issues:
1. The holes don't line up and need to be slotted to match up.
2. The inner radius of the bracket doesn't fit and would need to be enlarged or a spacer needs to be placed between the bracket and flange (see photos).
3. With the thickness of the bracket and spacer one of the screws hits the stop bolt. This interference occurs with the stop ring in the proper position with respect to the control cable travel. Possible fix: remove spacer, grind down radius to fit PCU. This would only eliminate 0.063" of the height issue. but would leave very little edge distance for the mounting holes to the radius.
4. I can not get the AN3-11A bolt into the control arm due to it interferes with the flange on the PCU. This may not be a unique problem for the PCU (Any MT owners with this issue). Bolt shown is a AN3-10A with a temporary nut install. Possible fix: grind down one side of the head of bolt to clear the flange.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Fellow builders,
I need your help.
I received my FWF kit a few weeks ago and decided to return the MT governor and purchased a PCU5000 governor instead. I read the posts and talked with the PCU folks and Van's and it appeared the VA-153-PC bracket should work. In fact there are several postings saying the it dropped in without any modifications.
Well that is not the case with the VA-153-PC bracket and the PCU5000 in my case. See photos attached.
Many of the posts I reviewed had the old style governor bracket. This bracket mounted to the base flange of the governor. The current bracket mounts from the rear of the governor. I was told by Van's that this is the only bracket available and the reason they changed the design was to give more access for the oil lines.
Here are my issues:
1. The holes don't line up and need to be slotted to match up.
2. The inner radius of the bracket doesn't fit and would need to be enlarged or a spacer needs to be placed between the bracket and flange (see photos).
3. With the thickness of the bracket and spacer one of the screws hits the stop bolt. This interference occurs with the stop ring in the proper position with respect to the control cable travel. Possible fix: remove spacer, grind down radius to fit PCU. This would only eliminate 0.063" of the height issue. but would leave very little edge distance for the mounting holes to the radius.
4. I can not get the AN3-11A bolt into the control arm due to it interferes with the flange on the PCU. This may not be a unique problem for the PCU (Any MT owners with this issue). Bolt shown is a AN3-10A with a temporary nut install. Possible fix: grind down one side of the head of bolt to clear the flange.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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