The cost of this repair is elevated due to the flat rate manual charge at dealerships and shops, If anyone is looking to have this done to their vehicle, I provide service in Houston, Katy , Cypress, Richmond in Texas, by appointment only. a flat labor rate, plus parts for any Lexus es350 or Lexus rx350 (Front lower control arms, lower ball joints and front sway bar links replacement) inquiry to my email omarguevara27@gmail.com. Thank you.
The dealers seems to quote each part they replace as it own operation, and ignore the fact that replacing a part that you have to remove anyway doesn't add any labor. They just double dip on the labor.
@@OmarGueva how do you preload? jack under control arm or put tire on and slowly lower? Also, the forward control arm bolts are under the mounts so i'm assuming they don't need to be tightened under load. Thanks!
A vise might not be sufficient, maybea large heavy duty one. I recommend a 12 ton press. I did some research and only Moog and delphi makes a replacement rubber bushing for the control arm. I have had experience with the moog one and doesn't last long, maybe 4 years tops. OEM is 10 years but toyota doesnt sell it seperately. Up to you to decide what you want to do. Maybe mevotech supreme brand is good , never tried them
Nice job. I'm guessing a mechanic would charge a shit ton for this, which is why I'm researching how to DIY. Overall it doesn't look too complicated for a semi skilled person.
I am about to do this on my MILs car tomorrow. The dealerships basically quote this as if they are going to do each operation separately and put it all back together. So they double dip on all the labor. For example, if you are going to have the top engine mount off anyway, replacing it should just be the part. No labor is added. They were trying to change like $6k to do this plus maintenance. INSANE!
@ Omar G. had that done! but still have a little play and a slight knocking sound.! that's quite annoying when I move my steering wheel left to right (while parked can hear it clearly!) what can i do? please Help! PS have the same year make and model you worked on this video.
Knocking sound side to side while park can come from 1-tie rod ends, check them for play or the intermediate shaft in the steering column, it’s also coming on rhe RXs
@@OmarGueva was told to change my left side tie rod did Not! only visually inspected it looked fine but now know was wrong! will jack up the front end and see if there is play. With it..... again, Thank you Much!
@@OmarGueva Omar if you don't mind one last question if I discover it to be the intermediate shaft in the steering wheel? from on to ten! how difficult will it be to have it replaced or do I need to find me a good mechanic..
@@chuyocaca4153 I would say a 6-7. One thing to be careful is to lock the steering wheel so it doesn’t turn while is unattached to the steering rack, turning may damage the clock spring
After tighten up the control arm on the passenger side, put the motor mounts and nuts back ,keep the nuts loose and loosen middle motor nuts without taken them off this way when jackup transmission is high enough to takeoff the motor mounts on driver side
Thank you for taking the time to post this. I’ve been meaning to replace my lower control arms but thought it would be a headache. You definitely gave me motivation to get this done now. 👍👍👍
Great video. Definitely helpful and will be a DIY for me! Thank you. No need for background music and no need to speed up the video at time. Also, would be great if you show exactly where the jack stands are put. So many videos out there but tons of misinformation on that as well. A great video on putting jack stands for the RX350 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ESrKKS4Ft5w.html
I just had the control arms replaced on the 2013 RX 350. The SUV sometimes makes a ringing sound when decelerating at very low speed. Mostly when braking, any ideas?
Yes, the flat rate manual specified that amount but includes the removal of the whole engine, at the dealer we are charging 7hrs of labor since we don’t remove the engine.
@@OmarGueva Thanks for the reply. Turns out my inner CV had come out of position. When doing the other side I found it easier to loosen the axle nut so the knuckle can be pulled out without disturbing the CV joints.
missing the point,,, when you use impact gun the bolt start spinning- it rips the rubber,,,btw I use hex key on a 10 year old lexus and it works, of course you can use another wrench like you did but oe stabilizers even after 10 years have no problem with the allen key,,,the point is the spinning bolt = RIP to the rubber boot by design,,,
@@davidg.9942you are wrong, I’ve done thousands of them with impact never once have I had any issues with boots or bearing ripping apart. I don’t know where you pull this from but as a tech who’s been working on cars for 14 years you are fine using impacts. Don’t spread false information
Rocking, swaying, unstable feeling drive. Usually associated with the rubber bushing getting old and ripped on these vehicles. Also check inner and outer tie rod ends that also produce similar symptoms.
Hi, if the control arm bushings are torn you might experience that the suspension moves when braking or a thump noise, if the ball joint is bad you will hear a rattle or clunk when going over bump
