I don't quite understand...

so are you saying you would cut away the rubber part (bushing?), which the bolt is going through so that the bolt would be "available" and easy to cut through?

One question about that, however, is how would that make it any easier to get at the broken off tab inside of the frame? Wouldn't the bolt still be threaded into that tab inside? I guess I don't know exactly what the bolt is threaded through, other than the tab inside.

I have an appointment to bring this in next week to have the job done, so I'd like to talk to the mechanic some more about this before then, in case we need to order more parts.

Thanks

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