check out this thread:
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=1980
The #5 rod is threaded into the #9 button that broke on yours.
What if you could wedge a very small flat blade screw driver in between #9 button and the #4 tube.
Good enough that you could maybe turn the #5 rod out of the button?
Might take a lot of luck.