Cannot find 06 Baja Turbo driver side Steering Rack Bushing

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AintGotNoSol
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Cannot find 06 Baja Turbo driver side Steering Rack Bushing

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Has anyone had to replace their steering rack bushings? I've been having a hell of a time getting the right part. Six months ago, i couldn't find anything aftermarket, so I went to the dealership. I figured it would be more expensive, but I could be certain I'll get a decent quality part that fits.

I get the bushings, and it turns out the passenger side bushing was correct, but the driver side was wrong. The mount requires a square bushing, and they gave me a round bushing. After researching the part number, it seems the part number on the package was correct, but it had the wrong part inside it.

I returned to the dealership, and they re-ordered the part for me. They ordered the wrong part number, and tried to give me another passenger side. I refused it, and they ordered a driver side for me.

That one comes in, and it has the correct part number on it, but yet again, its a round bushing. The employee at the parts counter checked the schematic in their computer, and it clearly shows a square bushing. As of now, he tells me they have ordered several of them, and they keep getting round bushings. He suspects its a problem with the supplier packaging the wrong bushings with the wrong part numbers.

Anyway, so today I searched the internet, and I can find several websites selling aftermarket replacement bushings, but all of the photos show round bushings for the driver side.

What the hell is going on here?

Does anyone know of a place I can find the correct bushing? Or if any other Subaru models use the same PS rack and bushings as the 06 Baja Turbo?
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