help with my carb reinstall

[fmikex]

Hi Guys !! man its been awhile for me on this site,none of you would remember me i only bought a few things from ya's like 2 summers ago, anyhow its great to be back i like this place. heres my prob being new to bikes and got this one after it was tipped i had to rebuild alot of it. i had some personal carp that took up  1/2 years of my life ( no no not jail  ) anyhow i have just got back to putting it back together and will need some advice..so here is prob #1 from the rookie, i need to know how to reassemble the choke lever shaft, as you can see in the pic the cable and spring aren't agreeing with my plans to get the carb back in  please any help would be great iwill get it but you guys will make it sooo much faster..thanks guys.

[spc]

compress the spring against the choke slide and then push the slide in and the cable should slip right into its fitting.  after that just make sure that the spring fits around the cables fitting otherwise it will bind up and mess with your choke

[fmikex]

thanks! great! i was thinking the sring had to stay on the cables metal houseing because it waskinda rusty in that spot...but after 2 years i guess it would be