BentBrain
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Hello, New Member With A Suspension Question Here.
BentBrain replied to dc893's topic in 90 - 00 Lexus LS400
I agree that the brakes may be the issue. If not, I would look at the upper control arms for squeaking. The bushings sometimes squeak and I find it is a good idea to lube them. The other components prone to failure and associated with braking would be strut bar bushings and upper ball joint( part of upper control arm assembly). -
More Negative Camber On Ucf10 Celsior/ls400
BentBrain replied to gach2's topic in 90 - 00 Lexus LS400
Pretty sure Megan and Battle make rear camber arms for te 1st gen. I would email a vendor on club lexus or here and ask. Megan has bad info on the site sometimes like coils listing only for the ucf20 when they also fit and were prototyped on the ucf10. -
Pull the air suspension fuse and re insert it a few seconds later. This should reset the air suspension computer and force the car to re level itself alson as everything is intact.
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Odds are its the upper ball joint. Usually fail shortly after the lowers and they loosen up real quick. Jack the. We up and see if you can move the top of the wheel at all. Strut rod bushings are likely bad also but the shimmy under brake and clunking sounding loose is usually a ball joint. I would love to know how landar knows your mechanic didn't turn the rotors and that he is wrong.
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How short of a drive are we talking?? The wheels get hot while driving on every car. It's perfectly normal there is a lot of friction going on. Besides the front dealing with turning and rolling friction the front brakes take the bulk of the work. Heave you ever leaned on the wheel after a similar drive in the past??
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Just an FYI but the upper ball joints tend to fail so it may be a good idea to change the whole arm.
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I have stock air and there wasn't enough room for the bolts to be removed with the shock in place so it needed to come out. It takes about 5 min of easy work to remove not a big deal at all.
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I've heard of it done but never seen it. They all have seperated valves and if they are unplugged the computer will know that. I would search google and clublexus. FYI I think partsgeek has the rear air shocks for like 650$ or so each lol.
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Partsgeek & autohausaz or the dealer lol.
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Best Way To Tighten Up Handling For 95 Ls400?
BentBrain replied to mnesbit's topic in 90 - 00 Lexus LS400
I'm not sure what condition yours are in but I looked at my sway bar bushings the other day and the front bushings are totally shot. Found out that diazen makes polyurethane bushings for our cars and they are cheaper than OEM. I'll be getting a set shortly maybe it would be worth a look for you also -
If you look on lexls.com he has detailed instructions with nice pictures.
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The OPSU generally fails in that it starts to operate erraticly. Never had one fail on the LS but on other cars with pressure needles on the dash. The. Redoes would start to flop all over the place while the car was running. Sometimes they would read real low and than normal or high. Never seen one just fail outright like reading no pressure all the time.
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I usually hammer on a socket that fits over the nut snugg and loosen them that way. I agree no one really steals rims all that much anymore, especially not stockies.
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Best Way To Tighten Up Handling For 95 Ls400?
BentBrain replied to mnesbit's topic in 90 - 00 Lexus LS400
You could get coilovers and dial in the stiffness and preload to your liking. Or you could get springs with a higher spring rate and stiffer shocks like koni's if they make em for your application. Bigger sway bars front and back would help but I don't think anyone makes one for the LS. Other than that you can try weight reduction but I'm not sure what if anything could be removed. -
1993 Ls400 Running Rough & Gas Tank Removal
BentBrain replied to perks2's topic in 90 - 00 Lexus LS400
Does the car have any CEL codes stored?? Could be a myriad of problems from vacuum leak to MAF to TPS to the *BLEEP* trunk harness.
