I took my KJ to Firestone to get it aligned because I had been hearing a pop on the front passenger side whenever I locked the wheel left and gave it a little gas to turn. I also have very stiff and heavy steering, where the wheel continues to stay in a turned position even when i let it go coming out of the a turn.

They checked it out and said I had missing bushings on both sides that were not attached to the control arms. They quoted me $100+ per bushing and $100+ for labor and said if I didn't get them replaced, my rack and pinion would eventually go as well. I looked through the service manual and didn't find the bushings they were talking about. So are they lying to me? and would missing bushing be a cause for the heavy/stiff steering?

I've had my OME + clevis lift for around 12K miles

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2002 Cactus Green Renegade
K&N Cold Air Intake
Magnaflow Exhaust
Alpine amp/speakers/sub
OME HD springs/Rancho shocks

Steering rack bushings. I had to replace mine last spring.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/searc ... vi=1425866

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Yeah I had too replace mine too. also the lower A-Arm bushings where gone on mine.