Thanks for the advice. I have a local Jeep job that does some custom work which I am sure wouldnt mind throwing some weld's on things if needed. They like to fab custom things with their water jet cutter, so, maybe an option here for them to do something different if it comes down to it. If I have to wind up spending considerable time and money on this one part, I may buy all new brackets and all new can. Just would like to repair something if possible, if anything, to learn and say I did it