Up to this point, I had only pulled apart the driver's side suspension. I spent some time and disassembled the passenger's side as well. I also decided to pull the steering rack. After all, I had everything apart already so there's no sense in not giving the rack some attention. Even though the mounting bushings looked ok and not deformed, the rubber was really soft and could stand to be replaced.
The rack itself seems to be in pretty good shape. The inner tie rod ends are fairly tight and the passenger's side bushing seemed to be intact. There was a bit of slop in the bushing end so the rack needs to be rebuilt.
I took a few minutes to press in the new shock eye bushings. Easy!
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