The 4 screws often work loose and the threads in the thin sleeve are too short to last long if there is even slight misuse.
The brass has solder together and perhaps the screws as well. This is low temperature work, which could be reversed in a few minutes - AFTER removing the two lens cells. There is already some discolouration around the soldered area.
I doubt a repair is feasible. The sheared steel rod is very close to the gear and the whole section would have to be replaced.
It is also likely that the screws/threads will have to be renewed (slightly larger threads) - no-one would have done this kind of repair unless there was already something seriously wrong with the the gear box mounting.
If this a large size series II, used in a portrait studio, I can understand that security of a well loved/used lens is more important retaining an original feature. I have seen Studio lenses where a shortened sleeve has been solder directly to the barrel.
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