Strut Rod Bushings

Can they be replaced without fooling with the lower control arm or is it more effort than its worth and I should just wait until I rebuild the front and do it then? The bushings are in bad shape but I plan on rebuilding the front end when I do disc brakes this winter.

Depends on what you consider fooling. The lower control arm has to be unbolted from the K frame and the tension taken off the torsion bar (measure how far the bolt sticks out or count the turns for reassembly), take both nuts off the strut rod and knock it loose from the LCA, unbolt the shock from the LCA and remove the torsion bar retaining clip, then pry the LCA out of the K frame with the torsion bar still in the LCA. Should take you about 30-45 min per side as long as you don't have to fight with any stuck nuts or bolts, so I guess it requires a little bit of fooling.

The LCA must be moved back.

If your car needs them now, replace them now. All the brake forces get transferred through that strut to the frame, as the decelerating wheel trys to tear it outta there.Now I know those big washers on there wont likely ever let that happen, but when tha strut starts dancing, the caster starts disappearing, and the camber gets unhappy too. When the camber changes, so does the toe-in. When the toe and the camber changes, the car starts to self-steer.A self-steering car, under heavy braking, is a recipe for disaster.
Am I exaggerating? Probably. But do you really want to find out at the worst possible moment?
Like said; theyre a bit of fooling around.The parts are cheap.Basic hand tools.