moat

you will find them here: http://www.car-part.com/

You can also check on ebay. I got one from ebay and one from my local junk yard. I was lucky and both were very good quality. When you call them, ask them to check the bushings and ball joint for you. Some will even take pictures and email to you. Best to buy from local junk yard because you can check for yourself. Turn the arm upside down and push down to feel play in ball joint.

Live4brew

Ok...So I thought I had this all planned out but I guess I was wrong.

Can you not buy strut rod bushings that are true OEM?? I don't want the polyurethane version....

This claims OEM, but the price seems suspicious: http://www.toyotapartszone.com/oem/48674-40051.html

Anyone??

PureDrifter

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not surprised...

OEM arms are still the way to go.

oldskewel

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My car is a '91, so this goes for that at least...

That part number, 48674-40051, is for the bushing only (just the rubber part). When I replaced mine a year or so ago, list price on that was $49.19 each (so the prices on that website look good and believable for this part). The part I actually used, 48674-50030, included the steel housing that bolts on to the car. List price on that was $183.45 each.

I believe in later years the design changed, so the 50030 would no longer work. But the 40051 would - i.e., the same rubber donut could be used in later years even though the steel housing changed (in fact, the whole strut rod design changed). This could be the cause of some confusion.

I asked the dealer where I buy most of my parts - Park Place Lexus in Plano TX. They said the 40051 should work for me; that I should be able to press the old one out and replace with a new one; and that they'd let me return it if they were wrong. I ended up finding a sweet deal on some 50030's from a list member so I went that route. When I got them, and also when I took the old ones off the car, I looked carefully and concluded that there was no way that just the rubber could have been replaced. I could be wrong - anyone who has ever seen it done, I'd like to hear about it.

So if your car is one of the later models (later than '91 at least - I don't know when the design changed), I assume it IS possible to just replace the rubber bushing, and that's why the 40051's are sold. But not on the earlier cars.

PureDrifter

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afaik for 1LS you have to replace the whole bushing assy, can't replace just the rubber like you can in 95-00 cars.

Live4brew

So the 40051 is actually a rubber bushing? Cool. I'm just trying to make sure to avoid the poly

fixmiester

48674-40051 CUSHION, STRUT BAR is the proper bushing, but it is not "all rubber". It has a steel sleeve that contains the rubber bushing, and is the OEM part. These are simply pressed out and the new ones pressed in, but it takes a decent size press, with proper dies. I had to make several calls before finding a shop that could do it. They even machined some dies of the proper diameter, so I had to pay $40 for two bushing installs. Took 20 minutes.

Steve

Live4brew

Got it. I just meant I wanted an OEM replacement, not the poly.

Can you tell me what die I need? My buddy owns a shop and says he'll press them for free.

PureDrifter

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guys we have strut rod discussion threads, search and use those. this is for discussion of the Arnott upper control arms only.