Hi rincewind, me too, ok, I ran my X plate is200 in for it MOT to find it failed on both bottom ball joints.
ok i thought, local maotor factors might have them - they did at £88 plus
just before christmas I never needed this so good old ebay was sought and found replacement parts somewhere in the midlands for £35....but deperation required a £5 / 24hour courier to my door in coastal north essex in under the 24hours-good job too.
that was the easy part.
took 3 hours yesterday to undo the taper for the track rod end as i did`nt want to damage a servicable componant.
the bottom ball joint itself came done quite easy IF you know what your doing, which I do as I`ve worked on cars, mine and others for 50 long years..lol
the ball joints on my 71000 miler have never been apart fron new build, so, if my non original last only half that time, i will be happy or (deceased)....lol
trust me, changing these ball joints IS a real pain in the rear end, and to be honest, the MOT garage offered to do it for between £35 and £50 quid, I think I should have let them do it, BUT, I`m 68 years old, stuborn, and dont like being defeated.
so, one side done, and I`m sitting here when I should be out there under my lexus doing the other side now.
its all your choice my friend eh.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL HAPPY LEXUS OWNERS -
Ian....