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This was such a relief to get done. If there's one thing I can't stand, it is unnecessary noise. Ever since we bought the ES, there was this creaking noise coming from the rear. I always thought it was just the old suspension and tried to ignore it the best I could. After researching it more, it was just as simple as replacing a single bushing. We've worked on about 3-4 SCs and upgraded every single bushings to polyurethane in the past, and knew that this was going to a piece of cake.

To avoid having to remove the entire wheel hub just to press in a single bushing, we put together some simple parts to install the new bushings.

3/8 5" long bolt and nut
Various washer sizes
Square washer (used for deck building)
2" long 2" diameter PVC cutout
0.5" long 2" diameter PVC cutout

Bought the polyurethane bushings off of Amazon. There's a handful of options. It's the same for the Camry's of the same year. I chose to go with polyurethane since its harder, yet the one I chose wasn't as hard as the performance types which didn't change the ride feel of the vehicle. All in all, I am very pleased with the outcome, as my 21 year old Lexus, rides like a Lexus again.

Brownd3max

I Loved this video! And loved the playback being sped up! Great job! I have the same issue, and now feel confident in doing this fix. Thank You!

Brownd3max

Hey OGS- would you share exactly which bushings you ended up getting off Amazon? I've looked and only see 2-piece (2 halves) polys from Nolathane. Thanks!

Brownd3max

OGS- never mind- I found it!

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Sorry about that, there's really a lot of different brands since its a common issue. I actually have an extra pair since I bought the 4 piece one expecting I was gonna need to replace both bushings on the trailing arm. I'll post it up in the classifieds later on when I have time.

Brownd3max

OGS- Why did you not replace the both ends' bushings on each arm? Are they the same size? TIA!

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When we were trouble shooting this issue, we found out that the only bushings that go bad is the one in the hub itself. And we were able to confirm that when we took off the arm and seen the other bushing to be in perfect shape. In our experience, there's usually just one bushing that gets all the beating and goes bad, and we didn't want to over-do it as polyurethanes are also stiffer than rubber and we truly preferred the stock ride quality of the ES. With only one bushing converted, we hardly even notice the difference of using stiffer bushings.

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Hey guys, just thought I'd throw this on here, the extra bushings we didn't use is up for sale: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...shing-kit.html