Ls430 2002 Right Rear Suspension Leg (Air-Sus Or Non-Airsus)

[Mike Floutier]

The bladder on my LS430 2002 Right Rear Suspension leg has developed a seemingly terminal leak so I'm looking for a replacement.

Quite happy to use an air-sus or a coil-over-shock unit.

Thanks for looking

[Steve]

Hmm thats an expensive repair. Have you had any quotes yet?

[Mike Floutier]

Hi Steve,

These legs seem to be hard to find. I used several of the "fan out" breakers' services but only one of them had one and when he got it off the car he found that the bladder had a rip in it.

I've asked for a quote from lexuspartsdirect but no response so far. I see Sewell Lexus in Dallas have them for a discounted price of US$1339 so that gives me an idea of the new price.

I've since found an independent breaker in Wigan who has 2 LS430's and will be speaking to him tomorrow. Also there is a 430 in the States with a coil-over-shock unit available. The cost is equal to about £90 for the part and £80 for fast shipping.

I've just been preparing the car for this new part. I thought it would be hard but everything came apart quite easily in spite of the car's 10+ years and 350,000 miles. The hardest bit was removing the rear wheel arch liner - there about half a hundredweight of good quality top-soil on the ground by the time I'd finished :)

The hole in the bladder was easy to see once everything was removed. It was tempting to try some sort of repair as it was only a small hole but the general state of the rubber was poor - very perished; easy to see how they go.

Anyway, hope to have it fixed and up for sale soon now I have my "new" Grey LS430 - 2006.

Have just applied for 2 years Gold membership so will be advertising it shortly.

[Mike Floutier]

Ok I've found one at last and it's on the car now.