Loctite would probably work from your description. Perhaps it could be Loctite'd now and you could search for a good used cover and bolt in the interim.

Is installing a stud with Loctite Stud and Bearing Mount so it is sort of permanent and then securing the other end with a nut a possibility?

Good luck!!!

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