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We have gone with solid bushing the Thunderbird uprights and use rod ends on all the chrome-moly suspension arms in order to do this we have had to use a spherical bearing on the single arm end of the T/bird upright, so we can adjust toe in.
We found a bearing that was ever so slightly bigger than the upright eye and have bored the eye to have an interference fit on the bearing, the next issue is retaining the spherical bearing from moving laterally, or stopping the upright from walking. I have seen one method of using machined alloy caps which are held by 4 small bolts threaded into the end of the eye, but not a lot of room to do that! Another way I am considering is to machine some circlip grooves, and using a clip similar to what high end competition shock manufacturers use to hold their spherical bearings, these retaining clips have an angled points on each end..!

Any tips appreciated.