Jon, no problem - your determination is contagious
I looked at that box [still on the bench years after that pic!] - the spring position isn't obvious and the one end I can see without digging out the grease is straight ... that spring mainly serves to keep the 2 forks spread, it's what makes the lever at the wheel 'springy' in neutral, and I really doubt it should involve the pawl - the movement of that pawl from one fork to the other is what gives the R-1 / 2-3 positions, then it serves to pull either fork to select the gear
in production now, folks arriving, if I have time today I'll pop the top on my 58 and have a look - or I might remember where the clean rebuilt one for the next project is and get some better pics
Bill
