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Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you. I’m in North Carolina right now visiting my son.
Yes that stem can break off and twist in it’s bore.
I’d send you one but it will be about a week before I get home and can look for it.
They are made of hardened steel.
That plug has the hole in it to hold in place what I call a "stopper" . It has a stem that fits in that hole aligning it to the pump housing. There should have been that stopper when you pulled out that plug.
With the amount of pressure behind that plug there is no way to keep that truck...