Ls430 Steering Column Motors

[sidmon]

Looking to put a few things right on a 2005 LS430. Both steering motors have slowed to a crawl so need replacing, have tried lubrication but to no avail. Can anyone confirm that Land Cruiser Motors part numbers 89231-60021 and 89232-60021 fit the LS430?

Also need a replacement reversing camera but I've only been able to find one at the moment at a breakers in Australia unless I want to buy a new one or expensive second hand one from the US. I've looked at amayama and even they're expensive for one!

Finding anyone breaking a facelift LS430 in the UK is like trying to find rocking horse dung, one or two earlier ones but never post '04!

[n4chv]

Hello. Hope all is well ? Just seen your post on the steering column motors.

I recently bought a used LS430 and I had to get my steering column sorted out as it wouldn't adjust.

Despite looking at replacing motors only, after some trial and error and reading through various posts i sourced a replacement used steering column and replaced this. There are 2 motors that could need replacing and when you cost up these (even used ones), it's not much cheaper than the entire column.

I did read that the Land Cruiser parts would also work but I wasn't keen to chance this.

In reference to the reversing camera, I have been told by a couple of dealers that the cameras themselves don't usually fail but it's the wiring to them - the problem is the labour involved in diagnosing and replacing.

There are some breakers yards who actually buy fully working cars and break them as they can / do make more profit so I am sure if you do some searches on the various online breakers, you can source the parts you need.

Good luck

[sidmon]

Sadly there are no facelift LS430's being broken to y knowledge in the UK. As for the camera the lense looks like it's seen better days so I'm taking this as an indication it's knackered. As for the Land Cruiser motors I might take the plunge just to see, land of the brave and all that!

[n4chv]

I've recently needed to source some parts for my facelift LS430 and I used the following breakers yards websites to place my enquiries

www.1stchoice.co.uk

www.247spares.co.uk

www.breakeryard.com

Good luck with the Land Cruiser parts - I'll be interested to hear whether these have worked.

I paid £375 for a used steering column rather than just replacing the defective motors and a couple of hours labour from my local garage. Not cheap but it's done the job.