There are a few things that could be done, but at the end of the day, is it worth it cost wise?

There are replacement ball joints that bolt on.
There are afco  screw in ball joints and the weld in ring that could be gotten from somewhere like speedway.   I bought some, intending to put them on mine, then weld the reinforcement sheet metal plate on the bottom, but then,

I bought a set of Moog control arms when I saw them on sale.

Also, Rock A used to sell the press in rubber bushing.   I don't know if they still do.

Modify  an original set with the reinforcement plate, mono ball inner bearing, and you won't be having this discussion.

I think BB2 is referring to something like this….rod ends.

NVH suffers alot when steel spherical bearings are introduced.  I just wish I had the energy to get rid of the ones on my 66 strut rods and go back to good old mushy moog parts.

The best choice would be Del-A-lum bushings, but I don't know if they make them for the older Mustangs.  Global west makes them for the Foxs and later cars. 

Rudi wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

The best choice would be Del-A-lum bushings, but I don't know if they make them for the older Mustangs.  Global west makes them for the Foxs and later cars. 

 
Ride Tech has them at 10 x the cost of poly.

The issue with poly is that if you push the car hard enough poly will still deform and can bind.  I've still got poly bushings in most everything in my '67, but went with the Del-A-lum on my '89 GT.  I didn't know what those even were when I rebuilt the suspension in my '67 at 17 while it was in the body shop.  Unlikely they were available either, but if I had it to do over again...
 

lowercasesteve wrote:

MS wrote:

NVH suffers alot when steel spherical bearings are introduced. I just wish I had the energy to get rid of the ones on my 66 strut rods and go back to good old mushy moog parts.

I know what you mean about energy.  I'm good for about 10 min before taking a break.  As to the various solid mounted strut rods - They really help handling but they really make the ride harsh.  I sold mine a couple of years ago and reverted to stock rubber bushed ones.  I'll never go back.  The old war horse has enough creaks and groans as it is.
 

EXACTLY (thanks, Billy)

I bought some Moog upper arms.  Cheaper than buying a Moog upper control arm kit and an upper ball joint.

But the parts on the upper arm are not the same quality stuff as the individual parts. They did, however, adapt the MustangSteve shaft mod where a groove is cut in the shaft for grease transfer. (I am kind of proud they copied my idea)

The parts on the shaft are painted and assembled dry.  I took mine apart and greased them during reassembly and then welded the bushings to the upper control arm.

The lowers are a bit tricky to rebuild as you have to compress the internal spring and get all the parts aligned while getting the bolts started.  But it can be done.

The ball joint is not self-contained like an upper joint. At least that is how I remember from many years ago

Idunno about you but I need pitchures.🤪