The governor is just a paddle that gets pushed on by the air from the
vanes on the magneto. 2-3 bolts and you can lift the entire
cooling/start-rope cover and eyeball that all is well with it.

However, if you just remove the spring to the throttle linkage from the
governor arm, and the gov. arm swings free, its probably OK.

Are there multiple holes for hooking linkages and springs into?

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