Front control arm bushing inspection?

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Jun 23, 2016 | 06:20 AM

#16

Doublebase

Pole Position

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From: New Hampshire

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Originally Posted by tlk2megoos

Confirmed, I used Beck Arnley on my uppers, lower front, with 555 as lower rear and are still good despite the horrible road conditions here (city driving, potholes that would make moon craters blush). FWIW the castle nuts were better than original (which fell apart during removal) in this case. Breaker bars, 6mm hex/allen wrench and cordless impact wrench go a long way on this job.

I have heard and I have read that some of Beck Arnley's stuff is OE. Don't know if that's true or not, but my Beck Arnley arms did look a lot like the OE I took out. The quality compared to the other brand I bought ,Mevotech, seemed higher, even the packaging was top notch. Having said that, I bought a BA wheel bearing and the thing was junk in 6,000 miles, they sent me a new one, I still have it sitting in a box, but I replaced it with a Koyo bearing. Supposedly the Koyo is an OE part...it was twice as expensive, but half of what I'd pay if I walked into a Lexus dealer parts department and tried to buy one. Half.

Jun 23, 2016 | 09:07 AM

#17

roadfrog

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From: BC Canada

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Quality OE lasts 6+ years and usually 70K+ miles. Cheap crap can fail in a year

And if....IF they do, your ok, cuz many of these cheap CA's are warranted for 5 years.

Jun 25, 2016 | 10:51 AM

#18

Terryb

10th Gear

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From: WA

Lexus TSIB showing when updated bushings occurred

Hi,
The Lexus TSIB # L-SB-0021-12 shows that for the SWB 2010 model, the effective VIN change over to the revised bushings started with JTHBL5EF#098437.

Terry