View Poll Results: Do you do your own maintaince?
I do everything myself
31
30.69%
I do most things myself and have the dealer do the rest
34
33.66%
I let the dealer do everything, but I only ask for a la carte items listed in the owner's manual
12
11.88%
I let the dealer do everything and ask for 5K, 10K, 15K ... service each time
19
18.81%
I use an independent mechanic
5
4.95%
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Do you do your own maintaince?
Racer
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,501
Likes: 77
From: Northern VA
Looks like there's only a single bearing now, and the entire unit is disposable. Not only that, but you have to buy it from the dealer, making bearing replacement potentially expensive in the long run. At least with the older non-sealed units (inner/outer bearings), although you need to repack about every 60K mi, the cost of LX/LC repack parts is cheap if you provide the labor ($17 for oil seal, $3 for lock washer, $1.50 for gasket x 2 on discount). With some luck, the GX parts are the same as on the 4runner, meaning you can buy the Toyota part and/or have the Toyota dealer do it. If it were a lexus only part, that would be bad. The plus side is it looks very easy to replace the front rotors on the GX since the rotor is bolted on top of the hub.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
From: MA
Now that my vehicle is out of warranty, I do most of the repair work myself, in the next couple weeks I am going to replace my steering rack boots and tie rod end links. I noticed they needed to be replaced when I changed my brakes and rotated my tires.
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