2007 Land Cruiser with an $8000 repair bill

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Otis1971

Otis1971

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Hello brain trust! I’m looking for some guidance for a couple things one I took a snapshot of the estimate below and wanted to get your take on if this is a fair price or not. This is at a Lexus and Toyota specialty shop. One of my concerns is my truck has AHC suspension and it seems that the front shocks are rarely replaced when you have AHC. Does that sound right to you guys? Should I be thinking about accumulators versus shocks or do you find that sometimes it’s both needing to be repaired or replaced? Also, I’m looking for the most experienced Shop in the middle Tennessee/Nashville area that has a depth of knowledge around AHC suspensions. I greatly appreciate any insight and guidance.

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Oh this is fun.
  • Do you know if they are going to use genuine Toyota parts?
  • They assessed just one cam seal? Doing a cam seal on the VVT-i truck is very involved also means you would need a valve cover gasket. Are they super ultra sure it's not just a leaky valve cover?
  • What is wrong with the steering rack?
  • Why do they think you need front shocks? Likely they are just weeping due to AHC pressures being high.
  • Why do they think you need front axles? Torn boots? Bad splines? New axles should also include new hub flanges... which aren't quoted.
  • Wheel bearings should be repacked and preload set every 30k miles. Not just one side at a time.
 
Rhetoric said:
  • Wheel bearings should be repacked and preload set every 30k miles. Not just one side at a time.
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Actually? Sorry to hop in but I had no idea 😅 I figured just replace them once their fail, that's a lot of labor just to repack
 
frawstme said:
Actually? Sorry to hop in but I had no idea 😅 I figured just replace them once their fail, that's a lot of labor just to repack
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Yes. The bearings on these trucks can last a long, long time if the proper maintenance / preload procedure is followed.

If one is paying someone else to work on these trucks... they don't make a lot of sense if trying to be budget minded.
 
Welcome to the club! This is how I began my wrench turning journey since I couldn’t stomach paying that much for questionable work. Replacing the AHC globes and timing belt is a great way to jump in with help from Mud and YouTube.
 
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