three on the tree is sloppy as can be!

[iffray]

i'm looking for a good way to tighten up the rod linkage from the column shifter to the trans on my 69 C10.. i haven't been able to find bushings for it and haven't had much luck with making anything that works well. the main source of the sloppyness is where the rods connect to the trans. the pins on the rods have holes for cotter pins in lieu of threads and are about half the diameter of the hole in the linkage on the trans. i'm going to try cutting down skateboard bushings and threading the end of the pins in the rods... not sure how well it'll work though. anyone got any bright ideas or know of a source for parts? LMC doesn't have 'em