Sorry I didn't update sooner. Got the new rod machined, the eyelet machined and welded to the rod and everything assembled just fine. The install back on the machine went fine as well and it works great. A longer process than I thought. But overall, not to costly at right around $150 for everything. Of course if I had to pay to have someone do all the work, I would have had a lot more than that.
Thanks again for your help!