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Oops- I missed one: In the Cam Gears steering rack (if thats the one you're using; some RHD cars use different racks) the stock bushing is plastic, in a steel housing, with thin rubber lining the interface. They literally fall apart in 5-10,000 miles. Replace with bronze- but not oilite powdered bronze which also falls apart. If you have a local machinest make you a bushing, have him make it exactly 2X the stock length. This gives much more support and lifespan to the rack-gear and does not cause interference at full steering lock.
Second point: completely disassemble the rack to do this; the stock steel bushing jacket and washer do not easily come out and must be driven with a long punch. And once the rack-gear is out, dress the edges of the rack teeth with a fine file- the teeth wear a little and generate raised edges that will immediately ream out your new bronze bushing! All the U.S vendors now sell proper rack boots for the ends. A leaker will quickly wear out even a good bronze bushing.
Finally, the proper R & R of a Pantera steering rack is documented in Ford's Pantera Service Highlights (lite blue cover, printed in '72) available thru PI Motorsports or any other U.S. vendors. In it, they mention NOT using any kind of grease, but only 80W90 differential lube.