thumbs_up finding someone to do the welding should be cheaper than used [or maybe someone here would donate one], just need to get a bolt the right size, slightly longer than the broken off threaded end, cut the rod back clean, and have it tacked on, 2 minute job .... bring'er by, I'll do it grin

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot