How to Modify a Homelite Weed Eater

Ensure the Homelite weed eater has been turned off.

Look along the engine block and find the flywheel. The flywheel is located on the top of the engine block and is immediately recognizable due to its circular shape. It is covered with an iron shroud that is bolted down. Remove the bolts with a socket wrench to slide off the shroud and expose the flywheel.

Check the right of the exposed Homelite's flywheel for the governor flap, which sits beside the magneto and is connected to a bolt just beneath it. Remove the flap's wire from this bolt by loosening the bolt with counterclockwise turns from the socket wrench.

Remove the governor's rod from the carburetor, which is the bowl-shaped part midway up the left side of the Homelite's engine. Pull the rod out of the eyelet at the top of the carburetor with your hands. This will disable the governor and modify the Homelite weed eater.