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Originally Posted by lolife99

If you can’t find the correct bearing,... could you machine a 3/4” x 1” bushing instead?
Surely the correct bearing is out there.

Yes. Machining some Delrin or a bronze bushing could be done but I figured it's possible someone has been down this rabbit hole & knows of the bearing needed w/o purchasing some $100 'kit for classics'.

I was originally hoping/planning on the CPP 'Column Saver' kit to clean-up the end of the column based on the final product Gringoloco completed for his truck. But, by the time I trimmed the outer column housing & the shift tube to length, there does not appear to be enough material (& my plan was to even trim that set-up shorter). I've found alternative options but they were mainly for guys modding floor shift columns so their method may/may not work since the end of my column tube & shift fork are in close proximity.

Keeping it simple sounds appealing @ this time so I need to do due diligence finding a possible alternate bearing before moving on to custom.