After following along the shifter bushing & Parts Place linkage kit threads I started to look at my OE clutch linkage parts & the Hurst shifter to see how everything is in good functional condition. Shifter is unused with the plastic bushing but I'm thinking about changing them over to metal. Then with both sets of clutch linkage the rod holes are worn/out of round. Now this will cause some issues trying to get a good adjustment so I'm coming up with an idea to extend the life of the parts & save a few bucks on not buying new parts. The idea is to bore the holes out just enough to get them round to put in a bushing to regain the correct hole size. I would like to make the bushings replaceable when the holes wear enough to affect the adjustment. I'm now trying to figure out if I should use steel or oilite bronze for the bushings. Which would have the best wear life as a piviot point that will have to deal the pressure when pushing the clutch in. The size of the bushing should be 5/16" i.d. x 3/8" o.d. x 1/4" long with possible changes to the o.d. to 7/16" or 1/2" if the egg shape can't be corrected at 3/8". One down side I can see at this time is not being able to put the car on the road to see how it'll feel & function since everything is still apart. So any comments or suggestions to make this theory into a fuctioning fix for worn linkage holes would be great.
) with the included plastic bushings cause I couldn't find my left over stash of steel bushing in with my shifter from my '72 Monte (loved the feel of the shift with them in that land barge.) I'm most likely will be ordering a set & readjust the rods again to make it feel better than it does now (can't resist running thru the gears while think things over in the garage.)
