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1 ADD VERSATILITY WITH: ™ SELECT SERIES X500, X520, X534 (4WS), ™ 48-Inch Edge Xtra Deck 54-Inch Edge Xtra Deck ™ Mulching Attachments AND X540 MULTI-TERRAIN TRACTORS 7-Bushel 2-Bag Power Flow Material-Collection System 14-Bushel 3-Bag Power Flow Material Collection System 19-Bushel MC519 Cart and Power Flow Material Collection System 48-Inch Front Blade Remote Manual Angling Kit for Front Blade 40-Inch Tractor Shovel 44- or 47-Inch Snow Blower 30-Inch Mechanical Rotary Tiller (X500, X520 Summary of the content on the page No. 2 SPECIFICATIONS X500 X520 X534 (4WS) X540 ™ ™ ™ ™ Engine/Power System. John Deere V-Twin iTorque John Deere V-Twin iTorque John Deere V-Twin iTorque John Deere V-Twin iTorque Manufacturer. Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Horsepower. 25 hp (18.6 kW) 26 hp (19.4 kW) 25 hp (18.6 kW) 26 hp (19.4 kW) Displacement.
Hi, I recently purchased a John Deere X540 about a year ago. It's in fantastic shape but I always thought the full throttle engine speed 'sounded' a little on the slow side. I'm also finding my recent snowblower addition (48' Bercomac Northeast) only blows about 35', and believe this is a little less distance than is typical with these units. So I put the 2 issues together and decided to install a Tiny Tach digital tachometer.
Low and behold maximum engine rpms with the throttle lever all the way is only 3,180 rpm. I have the John Deere service manual, and the Kawasaki service manual, both describe the same adjustment procedure to increase (or decrease) engine rpm.
First I checked that the throttle cable itself was adjusted correctly, which it was. Next the manual describes a control plate that attaches to the engine, where the throttle/choke cables are routed through, and adjust each function through this plate using various linkages for each. See the image below. I marked the bolts. When I bottomed the plate out all the way and I can only however obtain a maximum of 3350-3400 rpms. Looking further at the setup, it looks like the throttle cable connects to the pivot arm on the control plate, and from here a spring connects this to the lower end of the governor arm. After this there is a second spring/rod that connects the upper end of the governor directly to the throttle on the carb.
See the 2nd photo below. It seems like when the throttle lever on the dash is moved to increase engine speed, the pivot arm on the control plate asserts spring pressure on the lower end of the governor arm. Oddly though it doesn't appear that the governor arm moves at all, it stays in the horizontal position, but somehow the throttle on the carb opens. The governor arm only seems to move when you jerk the throttle in one direction and the governor quickly compensates and then returns to position. So the question is, how to I increase the engine speed further? My goal is 3600 rpm so I can maximize my snowblower throwing distance?
If I manually apply more tension on the spring connecting the control plate and lower governor end, it does increase the engine speed. I also noticed the top end of this spring appears bent, but I don't know if this is how it comes from the factory or not? Also the lower end of the governor has a second lower hole. If I install the spring through that second hole it increases the distance between the 2 pivot points, so tension on the governor would also increase.
My gut tells me my next step is to apply more spring tension to this governor in one of these 2 ways. However, I'm not too familiar with how the governor works and though I've worked on a lot of other aspects of cars and tractors, have never had to adjust engine speed before.
I'm looking to see if someone has had this problem where they run out of adjustment, or if they can verify the next step. Edited the post to show the photos. For some reason though it only shows a thumbnail? Click on it and it'll open in a separate window full size. I think I figured it out. I moved the spring connecting the throttle lever to the governor to the lower hole on the governor arm. Started it back up and it instantly ran at a much higher rpm.
I believe this is all you're doing when you adjust the control plate up and down is providing a range of adjusting the spring tension between the 2 pivot points. Moving the spring position just adds additional adaptability.
John Deere X300
So when I started low idle was 2050 rpm high idle was 3180 rpm. Now low idle is 1850 rpm (spec), high idle is 3600 rpm. I wouldn't consider 3600 rpm to be a 'redline'.
John Deere X540 Engine Diagram
3600 rpm is well known in the industry to be the rated engine speed at full throttle. Some manufacturers a little less. In the Kawasaki manual for this engine, they rate engine speed at 1850 (low idle) and 3600 (high idle).