Mine were a little on the loose side too with the old bushings---not real bad. I bought new bushings from Jim Carter but they did not have the hole in it for the grease zirc and were not the proper length. I talked to a guy that restores these old trucks for a living and he said that he had not had much luck rebushing the pedals. I decided to leave mine as they were and once I cleaned them up, reassembled, and greased them there was actually very little play. The pedals should not be tight on the shaft and certainly not a press fit.