Better ideas do come along. Without them we wouldn't have Okie Bushings.
This issue is just a metal pin sticking out of a transmission cover tower. Any way you can get a metal pin to stick out, and function, is A.O.K.
DIY repair without a machine shop is what most of us are looking for. Fixing in place is even better.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
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