Shoutout to the crew that finally showed me the right way to check a governor rope tension

I mean, for years I was just giving it a firm hand pull, but last month a guy from the Otis crew on the downtown high rise job showed me how to use a spring scale set to exactly 50 pounds to get a real reading, and idk, maybe it's just me but I feel like half the callbacks for erratic leveling I see are from guys skipping that step, so what's your go to method for a governor check?

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victor6363d ago

Our shop rule is a 50 pound spring scale and a 1/4 inch of rope travel. That precise measurement eliminates the guesswork from a hand pull. I've seen too many trucks where a "firm pull" was actually 30 pounds or 70, and that's where the trouble starts.

jennifere182d ago

Oh man, that's a solid rule. It reminds me of when my uncle tried to "calibrate" his boat trailer brakes by feel, @victor636. He swore it was fine until the whole rig gently rolled through a stop sign and into a ditch. No real damage, but his face was red for a week. Your point about getting rid of the guesswork is so true, because everyone's idea of a firm pull is totally different. That kind of exact number just stops the arguing before it even starts.