if its the dead branch there will be no back budding on it,
Have you thought about thread grafting?
...so lets say we are still in winter, if you trim now all the shoots to couple of internodes, when tree wakes up the energy that is stored will push through and create the new buds.
Cut it off and leave the branch collar and a slight stub in place. If a bud develops you’ve got a start. If no bud develops....well, you were going to cut it off anyway. I’d give the cutting a try before a graft attempt.
Cut it off and leave the branch collar and a slight stub in place.
Are you saying the right fork of the trunk?