Well I put the metal bushings in and added a wrap of electrical tape between the shift stick and the clamp on the shifter and wahlah. Perfect shifts, no more hanging up in gears, 0 rattle.
Tis a beautiful thing now. Its funny how f'ing bad the guy that did my dads trans lied to him about the shifter bushings. I kept telling him "let me just take a look at it to be sure" and he kept insisting it was fine and he need a new shifter. This is why I dont trust mechanics I dont know personally.
O and one of the rod ends didnt even have a spring clip in it. It was shimmed with a fender washer and had a coder pin through it
Thanks for all the help and input guys