Suspension Arm Bush

[Roybus]

Advisories on the MOT for two suspension arm bushes. Does anyone know how much they cost, and approximately how many hours' labour to change these on an RX400h?

[steve2006]

Need more information,front/rear,upper lower.inner/outer? :)

[Roybus]

Need more information,front/rear,upper lower.inner/outer? :)

"001 Nearside front (rear bush) Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement

002 Offside front (rear bush) Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement"

Ta!

[Popmo]

I was told similar when I had a recent service at an independent, who i have used for years. It was the front lower wishbones bushes and the parts were £460 and his computer was telling him that it was a big job, labour wise. He didn't believe the amount of hours needed so suggested i called Lexus to ask what they charge. I spoke to two separate dealers.

One said it was a 4hr job (at £110 an hour) but seemed to be too busy to talk for too long!.

The other said that he has worked for lexus for years and has never changed the front wishbones on an RX400. He immediately knew what I was talking about and said that the bushes 'were probably like that after about a year from new' and there was no need to replace the wishbone, it wouldn't fail an MOT and that there was no safety issue at all. He clearly seemed to know his stuff and knew exactly what I was talking about. It seemed that he had been asked this a number of times.

I told my garage who were fine and suggested that Lexus dealers know their cars so leave it and see what happens at the MOT.

Your advisories seem to suggest that although the bushes have deteriorated, there is no resulting problem? Which is basically what the Lexus dealer said.

Hope that is of some help.

Cheers

[ColinBarber]

I believe it is quite common for these bushes to have cracks on the outside but doesn't seem to affect its operation. Unless there is play or you have knocking/adverse handling then it doesn't need to be changed.

[Roybus]

Sounds good to me. Thanks for the replies.