[Christ]

No, I'm not swapping any other parts. 82-86 used ball joints in the arms, 87-02? used them in the spindles, both designs are functionally the same in that there is no spherical movement in the ball joints because the joints are locked together in orientation.

The bushes will resemble the large base of a ball joint, and will press into the arm [upside down] from it's normal orientation, so that the stud [bolt, in this case] sticks up instead of down. The bolt thickness will be the same as the widest part of the taper on a normal ball joint that goes to this truck.

The bushing will have a flange at the bottom and a pair of slip washers at the top and bottom both to hold grease into the bushing and to allow the bolt to turn inside the bushing without binding, allowing for steering.

The bolt itself will use a castle nut and cotter pin, same as the ball joint would normally.

SO basically, what I'm doing is replacing a spherical joint with a solid connection where no spherical movement is required, but inverted so that the stock front suspension remains intact while lowering the truck [because the spindle will be installed above the arm instead of below it.]