Oldblue

Found this on the internet

Oldblue

donbrew

If you wanted to go through the effort you could drop the the cradle to get to the captured nut and tack weld it. I don't think I would use a nylon nut. Try to get the nut and bolt be close on the Galvanic scale to avoid corrosion. Maybe some ant-seize or dielectric grease would help the next guy.
You would not want a loose fit in the bushing sleeve, that would defeat the purpose. Needs to be a tight clearance fit, almost interference.

Oldblue

Dropping the cradle doesn’t give enough room on the driver’s side to get a MIG wand into weld the cage.
The idea of a large piece of metal with threads and resistance against the length of the piece to hold it from spinning, I don’t know why they wouldn’t have done this in the first place.

RJ_RS_SS_350

I've copied your posts to the how-to tutorial forum, Oldblue, great find!

PulpFriction

I think this is brilliant. Might be more manageable to use much thinner stock and just weld on a nut, tho. Certainly would be for me.

donbrew

I meant drop the cradle to the ground, engine, tranny and all.

Oldblue

fastsuv and I have done that . In Oldblue.