Broken/bent govenor?

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Originally Posted by skrutke

I am having issues with my 1992 EZGO marathon acting very sluggish during operation. I have replaces the coil, carb and fuel pump. I inspected the pick up coil and cleaned the pick up disk. the engine runs fine at idle when I try to drive it, it feel like there is a anchor tied to the cart. I have seen mention of the governor. the one on my cart is tightened all the way. Can the governor get stuck or break, and can it be checked with out taking the rear end apart.

Agree with springbok, you'll get much better response starting a new thread in the correct section.

However, general consensus seems to be to throw the governor cable in the trash and run the pedal cable straight to the carb.