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Justin,
As Jesse mentioned, the two rack mounting bushings (rubber) are difficult to find. I am not sure if anyone has made replacements from nylon, that would seem like a good option. The most common one to become oil-soaked and disintegrate is the one on the right side. The good news is that's a simple round ID/OD item that seems like it could easily be milled from a block of nylon.
As far as the rack itself, it is unusual for the actual metal tie rod (with the ball on the end for the inner ball-and-socket joint) to be damaged. What is very common is for the white plastic bushing (with three tabs that mount it into the tube) that locates the right hand end of the rack itself to disintegrate so that the right hand end of the rack is banging around inside the tube. Those bushings are very hard to find - a couple of folks have made bronze replacements, but I don't think there's a readily available replacement right now. I may have a used one that I could offer you if you want to contact me off-line. What can also fail is the pink plastic "socket" part of the inner joint, this is the part that puts tension on the joint. There was a repair kit which included the white bushing and the two pink sockets and two tensioning springs. Jesse is correct, that would have to come from a private collection.
If you know that the rack is bad (if you have it out of the car, the bushing failure is pretty obvious), then you may want to take it apart per the service manual and assess exactly which parts you need and then the community can look specifically for those. I think that the rubber gaiters, or boots are available on eBay.
Good Luck!
Gary
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