WNE

Thanks for the great post. It provided a lot of help when doing the same job on my 2004 RX330 (Japan manufacture - 3/04, 132,000 miles). The things I noticed were: 1. Mine needed the 30mm deep set socket. 2. I went to Advanced Auto Parts and "rented" a hub puller which made the job of removing the hub from the spindle very easy. All the auto parts stores here do this. You pay for the part from their rental equipment and if you return it within a certain number of days, you get all your money back, so it cost me nothing. 3. A new nut, if you screw it up when removing it, cost $7.20 at the Lexus dealer. 4. I had a major burr in one of the threads on the spindle after removing the hub net and used a dremel tool to clean it up. 5. It took almost one quart of new brake fluid to completely replace the brake fluid in the system and bleed it. My project took about 12 hours, but it included replacing the entire rear brake system (calipers, rotors, and pads). My dealer wanted $675 to replace the wheel bearing hub alone and my independent high performance shop wanted $471 for the same thing. I did all of the work (brakes and hub) including supplies for $447, using high quality parts (Raybestos and Moog). I figure I saved over $1,000 and actually got a better job (especially on the brakes) than I would have gotten from the dealer of my independent shop. Good luck to anyone else doing this project.