thank you Fastbike and Dan for sharing your experience and knowledge with the community. I believe Fastbikes writeup on spring assembly for Alfine 11 is the only resource out there.

I had to replace my clutch ring which I delayed several years due to fears of dislodging the spring assembly. And when I finally set out to do it I did mess up the spring assembly.. I took some photos while reassembling it but forum won't allow me to upload anything until I hit min 10 posts..

anyway, after replacing clutch ring and putting everything back together for maybe 10 times I have my wheel in place but gear shifting does not seem right. I believe I am missing upper gears (7 through 11). After switching from 6 to 7 it feels like I am in 1st or 2nd again, which would probably mean that clutch is not binding?
I have not ridden my bike under heavy load but there is sufficient amount of lubrication and cable is aligned with yellow marks (on gear 6). Shifting itself works good, no weird or grinding feel to it.

I am trying to troubleshoot and see what can be done. Only thing that I did differently vs Fastbike's notes is hooked override spring on the protrusion from actuator which is how I found the spring while I was taking everything off. This would lead to slightly tighter preload on override spring but I am having hard time convincing myself whether that could lead to symptoms that I am experiencing.

Any insights are appreciated as my next course of action is to give in and buy replacement axle with spring assembly.