Also take a look at this rudder bar for sale, see the tube welded on and mashed flat at the end of it. It’s next to the rudder control horn. Where your spring was connected. The correct place for the return spring is on that tube with the mashed end.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2655941862...34SUe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

1973 Cessna 150L

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