Gauge wheel pin replacement question?

Hello all!
Back story, I bent the the right front gauge wheel bracket on my 54D Autoconnect deck. I straightened it back out easy enough, but to prevent this from happening in the future, I have welded a 3/8 cold rolled steel rod between the front and rear gauge wheel bracket, similar to the alignment rod on the left side of the deck. Now I am getting ready to paint it up and make it look right and I am trying to figure the locking pin out. It looks like I just drive the roll pin out inside the bracket that holds the spring in and pull the flip up handle and rod out. That’s easy enough. Heres my conundrum. I was fiddling with it today and that little spring appears to have more tension in it than you would think. I do not want to take it apart and end up scratching my head with how to reassemble it. I am 99% sure I could get it back together, but I have seen little things like this cause me heartache for HOURS. So before disassembly, I figured I would stop here and see if there is a trick or if I am over thinking it? Also, I have performed a fair amount of googling and have not found any info on this. Thanks in advance for any info!