How do you shorten the spring on a governor?

Answer 1

A few turns of the spring will need to be removed by cutting, then shaping the cut end into a hook with needle nose pliers. Cut it with a miniature abrasive cut-off disc mounted in a rotary hobby tool, such as a Dremel tool. If you don't have a rotary hobby tool, you can try using a cold chisel, or carefully hold it to the corner of a small grinding wheel. Once the wire is nicked or notched, the spring will break easily at the thin area. Do not try to use wire cutting pliers, as the spring steel is too hard: The cutting edges of the pliers will either break or be notched, ruining them.