Gear lever lower ball bush

Has anyone ever made a bush type thing for the lower gear lever ball like below in the pic, my gear lever hasn’t got one and this has been the source of ear splitting machine gun rattling , I’m thinking about a bit of pipe heated up and the pushed over or something similar? It has a groove for an O ring but I’m pretty sure they wear away quickly. Hoping to engineeer something more durable

Thanx

Original is some sort of nylon washer. A ring cut from a suitable size alkathene pipe warmed in hot water to soften enough to slip on could do the job and last some time.