Very impressive use of the correct accents there. Obviously a passion for food!
Nope, I typed without any, and autocorrect made me sound fancy
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It doesn’t really need a nut. Rather than having a bolt holding the ball joint on, they could have just had a steel peg fixed into the lever. The joint slips onto that, then all you need is a washer & either a circlip or split pin through a hole in the peg on the other side of the washer. Then to take it off, you just remove the clip/pin.
In fact, you could do this yourself. Buy a bolt with a long enough shoulder, screw it into the lever using either loctite or araldite. Then cut the head off, leaving enough of the shoulder protruding from the ball joint to accommodate the washer & a hole for the split pin. Then just drill a hole through it for the split pin.
That way, the next time you’re laying on the garage floor under the bike cursing yourself yourself for not listening to Mian’s advice about getting a Skylift, you’ll at least have the comfort of knowing you wont need to go through all this again… 
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Hah!
Yeah, I expect so. The main lever bolt I bought a replacement for came with dry red thread lock on it. They seem pretty good on that front.
One day he’ll listen
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Being the tinkering geek I know you are, you should build yourself one of these. 1000W Ductor Mini Magnetic Induction Machine Heater Flameless w/ 8 Coils Kit | eBay
That’s pretty awesome! Bit expensive as a toy though 
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Replaced the clip on bar and clutch lever today.
The bar was simple, the clutch lever was tricky due to not knowing how to get the main pin out (used a vice in the end), and difficulty getting the plunger through the boot. Ended up using some pliers to hold the boot in place whilst pushing the plunger in the boot.
Exposing the bent clip-on
Getting the bar-end big-bolt off and some WD-40 under the grip to slide it off for re-use
Using a couple of sockets to push the old main pin out the broken clutch lever
There it goes
New main pin lubed up and pushed into place
Using the vice again to push it all the way in
Yay, all back together.
Thread-lock used on all bolts.
Excellent use of the vice
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We’ve just bought two Constands, specific for our bikes.
Not quite as good for workshop use as the Abba Skylift’s by the look of it, but at half the price they seem a good fit for what we need: chain maintenance, garage organisation and at trackdays for when we go the tyre warmer route.
The only unknown is the specific attachment for the bike. I’ve seen some that protrude more than you might want. We’ll see, if the mount gets in the way of track use, then we may have to send them back.