It's time to bite the bullet and do it right- - - -You're going to have to get the rear end assembly out where it can be repaired properly eventually, so just do it- - - -don't bother with some sort of half-donkey patch job. You're dealing with the aftermath of one of those already.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!