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FYI, I had high steering effort on my 21K mile Omni many years ago when I brought it up from Austin TX. What I found in my case was both outer tie rod ends were really dry and seized up. Amazing difference after replacing. I think the TX heat got to them.
IIRC, the cups for the u-joint on the steering racks are staked. If you can't find new, I would consider de-burring stakes and pressing out, repack, press back together, re-stake cups and you should be okay for another 30 years.
Todd