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Old 01-28-08, 06:20 PM
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Had a unintended bout of "drifting" on a wet road causing me to impact a curb hitting hard on the drivers side rear.

Went to check on what I had bent & what could be aligned & great improvements were made though I am still 1.4" out on the Camber Toe on on the rear drivers side.

The techs best guess was that I had bent the spindle. If anyone knows where to source on I am all ears but on with the mystery.

Now here is the odd part, every time I brake to a complete stop you hear & feel the ABS system kick on just before a complete stop is reached. All is normal until sub 2 mph.

94LS now needs some TLC!
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the bearing is bent
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SKperformance,

I appreciate the diagnostic help & have a question or two.

Can the bearing be bent & the spindle still be ok or are they both likely bent??

I would think a bent will bearing would not go very far before failure?

I have done a front wheel bearing replacement before, never a rear.
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The only way to tell is for the tech to look at it. I am surprised the guy doing the alignment could not tell you what was wrong. Not sure if i would go back to them.

I replaced my rear hub and bearing and it was not cheap or easy.
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I actually think this guy was pretty sharp.
I told him that I needed to be roadworthy asap.

He understood that I did not wish to leave my vehicle.

He used the term spindle but what I am understanding from you is that bearing/hub assembly is what he is referring to.

I am hoping that Timken #511007
Rear Wheel & Inner bearing assembly will do the trick.
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If he was sharp he would know for sure , it only takes a few seconds to move some parts to tell what is causing the problem. A tech who works a rack should know immediately where the bend is and be able to fix it or what needs to be replaced.
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Hard to believe that of all that stamped metal the part that got damaged is the beefiest metal knuckle.

Pretty sure that the hub assembly & bearing are shot.
The knuckle part #42305-50010 is described as a carrier (Toyota parlance) & cost $180.00
at Sewell Lexus from Darrel Diller
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The knuckle is probably fine but the bushings on them can break and it has about 6 points of attachment.
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