Front tire help 70 Duster
Go get the correct bushings for your strut rods. Sounds like you have 73 -76 bushings with 67- 72 strut rods. Don't cut your bushings like mentioned. You'll just create more problems .
You will need one piece rubber style with the fine thread strut rods pictured .
first picture coarse thread strut rod use the two piece rubber with a steel sleeve and a shear sleeve molded into the rubber bushing to prevent the K-member from shearing the bushing nipple off. Second picture shows the sleeve molded into the bushing. This prevents the k member from shearing this off. After market poly type bushings do not have this and usually shear and then get side movement
Last picture is the fine thread strut rod one piece bushing