not at all clear what you refer to .... there are 2 [notched bent] forks and a flat pawl piece [attached to the shaft going up the column] that moves between those forks when you move the shifter - one fork moves the 1-R trans lever linkage, the other moves the 2-3 lever linkage - nothing else involved unless someone bodged yours to repair something broken - is your spring in there? .... as shown in the first pic, the forks should be in line when the trans and shifter are in neutral, and when you pull the shifter the pawl moves up and down fork to fork .... can you take a pic of what you have? or elaborate further
Bill