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Old 09-13-11, 01:09 PM
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Default 99 GS300 rear suspen making sounds.

My suspen was making sounds so i tought the struts where gone, so i change to coils, and now same problem, but is only from the rear right side.
is it because i need a camber kit?
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check lower control arm and lower ball joints.
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Look in the suspension section, you will find different threads on rear suspension noises.
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Originally Posted by RayRayz
My suspen was making sounds so i tought the struts where gone, so i change to coils, and now same problem, but is only from the rear right side.
is it because i need a camber kit?
It's your camber bolt bushing in the spindle. There are threads about it in the suspension section. For some reason, the right side normally goes out first. I thought the struts were my problem too. Switched to coilovers and it got worse. My left side is fine.

A few board members are looking for solutions, but right now the only proven option is to replace the entire spindle because of course Lexus doesn't not sell just the bushing! If the spindle is removed the wheel bearings have to be replaced also, so it becomes a $600 per side fix. My car is starting to agrivate me because of this. Little bushings like this and the caster arms end up costing hundreds to thousands of dollars to replace with oem parts.
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The bushing is hard to replace because it's not just rubber. It has a metal pillow bushing that was evidently used because the cars had 4 wheel steering in Japan. So far no one has created a cost effective replacement that can be installed without removing the spindle (to use a press) to avoid having to replace perfectly good wheel bearings.
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If I can get a group of people seriously interested I can get something going on this.
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Originally Posted by starfyrels
If I can get a group of people seriously interested I can get something going on this.
waiting to see if a contact was made for those new zealand bushings right now
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the mount shop ones lyonkster was talking about
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He ordered a set and will let us know if they work or not.
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Have u guya tried lithium grease?
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Check lower control arms, ball joints, bushing, sway bar end links.
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yea b.c i used grease and WD-40 to check all the bushing and cant find problem. so the whole thing... damm their must be a better way, maybe i'm going to take it apart and see what we can do. Lets hope someone finds a good cheap DIY
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Originally Posted by RayRayz
yea b.c i used grease and WD-40 to check all the bushing and cant find problem. so the whole thing... damm their must be a better way, maybe i'm going to take it apart and see what we can do. Lets hope someone finds a good cheap DIY
we told you what it is. it's the camber bolt bushing in the lower control arm. plenty of info on this problem in the suspension section. it's not a normal rubber bushing.
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