D612-52 Distributor...have I messed up?

[Clay C]

I dismantled my distributor in hopes of cleaning it up and getting it ready to go back on my shiny rebuilt engine. I probably went further than I should have and removed the points plate. I found only 1 governor spring on the weights below the plate?? Is this correct. I didnt find any broken springs in the housing. The car seemed to be running fine before the tear down. Any diagrams I have found all show 2 springs. 

Also think I will just order another points plate since I may have screwed this one up taking it apart. Going back with the Petronix Ignition.

[Zed Head]

Good luck finding a "points plate".  You probably mean breaker plate.  Either way, breaker plates are almost impossible to find.  If you didn't break the plastic bearing cage you should be able to reassemble it.  The wire spring clip is hard to get on, but it is possible.  The FSM describes taking it apart, so it is a normal thing.

I thought that they used two springs on all of the distributors.  But the FSM only mentions one.