Well, I put on the smallest acetylene tip and heated the steel stud. No heat past the casting, so spring not effected. Used my drill press and drilled a size F hole. Tapped the hole with a 5/16-18 tap. Cleaned the pivot of rust and made sure it would pivot on the grade 8 bolt solid shaft. Cut the threads off so that nothing extended past the casting and ground down the thickness of the head so that it would fit under the lid swivel post. Working great and back on the engine. Thanks for all the suggestions
For heating something like that I use my stick welder.
I turn it on high and stab the rod on the broken part and hold it tight.
Induction heat. Works great. I use a 1/4" rod.
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