Spoke Too Soon! Twice! Lexus RX350 3.5

foreign [Applause] good day to you welcome back this is a 2011 Lexus RX 350 I think I think it's a 350. uh customer doesn't State much they just had it serviced uh preventive maintenance oil change and whatnot uh no complaints really they just wanted to get a good look over from yours truly just to see if we're gonna have any upcoming issues or maintenance easy engine what do we got here 9 602 miles on the clock no check engine lights none of that stuff oil change looks good according to the sticker okay let's get this thing into the shop we'll lift it up take a peek underneath I also heard oh what did they say oh yeah yeah they said something about a um uh like a rattle noise on occasion so we'll make sure to take a look at the heat shields and the splash guards and everything down below while the while this is up in the air let's go ahead and pull this in right about here I'll scooch up in a second I need to mop up some coolant from a Jeep parking Seattle powering down okie dokie I got Parts here for this uh Lexus so uh flip this up with our orange gloves subscribers people have been uh getting mad at me wearing gloves this month so uh now I got some gloves on we're gonna pick this up it's gonna be a real easy job uh pull the wheels off a couple bolts both sides slap in our new units and uh we're gonna be good to go here so let us get through this okay so it is actually the next day I didn't get this in until late last night but since we're going to do a full-on inspection what I'm going to do is I'm going to treat this uh like a pre-purchase inspection and we're just gonna operate every feature in the car just to make sure it's all working in hunky-dory-like windows we'll do the sunroof I know that's risky business because operating sunroofs can leave you with a stuck open sunroof but we're gonna do an inspection and that's how it's done so we're going to operate all features on the car everything works all the buttons work yep yep yep good let's try the tailgate all the locks seem to work we're gonna go by click all the seat belts make sure that those actuate I'm sure they do this is a very good condition but all right let's close that begin closing now please [Music] oh you gotta hold it okay okay all right interior functions seem to work horn no no no no no lower speeds I know the AC works because I can feel it seats work because I moved them all right I think our interior is good let us pop an easy hood and take a look under the bonnet powering down [Music] let's do a quick light check while we're here yes yes uh yes yes yes yes yes yes low beams low beam marker and high beams yes yes all right lights are all functioning as designed all right next I Hood there we go hey I can't see anything there's some light bar will help hey can't see anything you know I've heard that I have the ability to make a mountain out of a molehill and it appears that our oil change guys failed you see their caps on upside down just can't have that not really significant but it is to some people and and I happen to be one of them so let's just put that on the right way washer solvent empty well don't worry oil change guys I'll finish your job for you Captain see what's in here popping he's a lid how's our coolant looking red color probably Oe that's okay let's check out our battery terminals those are tight fairly cleanish I'll go ahead and test it while it's here [Music] where's my tester there it is all right what do we got here an interstate battery we're looking it's a group 24 app looks like it is 700 cold cranking amps according to the sticker let's get our machine attached here cold cranking amps we'll test that at 700 458 weak battery oh that's not okay let's just make sure our connections are good and we'll do a retest oh come on get on there what are you doing there we go [Music] 458 okay that's recommendable uh look at that it fired right off there like a cannon take a look at this torque Mount real quick these things like to tear that one's good uh what else can we see from up here fluids what do we got here how's our brake fluid um looking okay it's at the full mark this is good let's pull this big cover off and get some access to our uh Engine air filtration element hello air filter what do we got brand new right on it's good oh this thing's mint this taut this car is totally mint oh I dropped the clip there it is flip recovered not gonna have that we don't lose Parts here especially if it makes our car more shinier see someone already lost those uh note to self I need to get a master clip kit so I can replace missing Clips in the future definitely note to self all right let's set the rack on this thing take a look at the undercarriage like I said we're primarily looking for a noise check the door handles too there we go those are good uh like I said checking everything there we go right on and we're on this lift so black subscribe button moving on up tires look great almost brand newish Michelin primacies that's a great Tire [Music] all right let's head down below and see if we can't find a rattle noise hmm I can definitely tell that this has been up north before we've got some uh some surface rust action a bunch over here over here nothing terrible but I can definitely see a little bit of oxidation okay hey there's a shock absorber leaking you see that that's all from the shock right there that's got a leak that should be replaced this one yeah it's a little bit there's a little bit on that uh left rear okay see moving forward hmm no paint it's okay though all right not bad not bad let's look for a noise what we got heat shield noise I'm thinking exhaust is leaking [Music] that might be it just looking for a rattle noise a little bit of oil left on that uh oil filter cap here I'm gonna need a rattle detector see what we get nope no rattle here nope nope oh there is a heat shield up there on that converter let's give that thing a tab yeah I don't think that's it hmm hunk of rust falls off I don't hear a rattle all right yeah there is a heat shield on this rear converter back here but it's looking pretty good uh I reached in there and wiggled it around I don't think that that's rattling so I'll check the front one next and uh maybe the ones on the manifold up front as well back here we're good these brakes are looking good too no rust on them I'm sure they've been changed at least those fronts have check out these rears real fast those look good those have been replaced once okay there yeah let's uh let's let her down and check that uh that front manifold and see if uh that's our rattle noise [Music] they said it wasn't uh very severe and it didn't happen all the time but I just want to make sure nothing's tall enough okay uh let's check this front manifold down here right up to pull this cover yeah unclick please come here let's check this thing says do not touch with a burning hand I'm gonna touch it yeah that's not rattling either okay yeah it looks pretty decent under here there's nothing leaking valve covers don't leak we don't have a Rat's Nest living inside of this uh cylinder head Valley right here but I did find those leaky shocks so I think that's a I think that's going to be our recommendation with a suggestion of a battery let me go write this up and we're going to give them a call and see what we're going to do with the with what we have found so far all right let's roll the rolly cart on over and we'll go ahead and get started right here we do have a wheel lock key [Music] on clicks foreign [Music] Let's see we got here yeah a little crusty Rusty not too bad me thinks we're gonna need some penetrating lubricant in here now I don't know if there's a bolt on this side or if this bracket is just threaded so we'll uh we'll deal with that when we get there and the bottom one there we go and uh that one's got a nut on it that's for sure all right and I believe we're dealing with fasteners of the 17 millimeter variety that's not a good sign oh no I had to say it this is supposed to be an easy job I said that didn't I okay now let's take the bracket off foreign [Applause] Fastener okay let's see if it comes off on this side I'm now a little nervous that uh that bolt is Rusted to the uh the inside metal piece on the shock absorber Mount well I don't concede defeat and we're not giving up so see where this road leads us wonder what's gonna happen with this one I bet the nut's gonna come off and the bolt won't come out I think [Music] okay escalation level three we need uh the air gun next let's fire up the compressor so while our compressor is compressing let's try the bottom bolt all right well it turned that's cool all right the bottom one came out and pleases me [Music] see that cool little trick come out more hammering there okay so the shock's out but the problem is the bolt is stuck in there uh I guess I've got to get these apart see how this works out so upon closer inspection I think this nut is uh welded somewhere in there to the bracket so what I'm going to do is put this back on and I'm going to pull this back to the chassis and use an extension and try to manually break that thing loose if that doesn't work then uh maybe I'll start cutting some stuff off who knows I don't know we'll see all right so that's now secure again so I can try to put some more torque on this bolt here to see if I can't get that to come out I hope it comes out all right yeah I I really really don't want to have to get a new bracket or cut this off let's see what this does go ahead come here moving it moved now I hit my Noggin okay it's kind of moving see if I can uh impact it out now more lubricant is it gonna work [Music] cool and did something I bet that's super hot okay did I win I don't know still stuck yes victory okay new units ready it's going in I've unboxed it it is a Monroe OE equivalent nothing fancy please go in We're not gonna fight all day on this I'm not interested in that not at all I'm not going to hit the case of it that would be bad I need up there's some there's some boring yeah I'll try driver there smarter not harder all right we're back down below again on the bottom side Let's uh turn that and get the shock in its little bracket a little bit of encouragement here and again I'll pry driver that to pick up on it some to get the bolt started yeah because the bolt comes in from the front side over here there we go just a little bit should be all I need I don't know all right bolt coming in hope you guys can see I think I'm blocking all your light [Music] cut that through lightly that you know if it's hung up you don't want to tear up those threads but a couple Taps it won't hurt anything thank you let's see what was that a 17 I forgot yeah that was 17. there's my impact let's get this guy tight [Music] and uh one more up top right here and we've got one side good to go it had me a little nervous not gonna lie click this again got it okay one is done let's go get the uh passenger side okay on the passenger side here I have the uh the wheel removed already and this one looks a little less uh crustified than the driver's side so maybe um maybe I'll look out here let's find out [Music] yes that was cool hey now we're getting somewhere okay we're here at the bottom bolts again let's see if this one comes out with the same amount of ease rust and I spoke too soon that one's not coming out let's try the manual uninjected method no um longer wrench you see I just had to open my big mouth and engage some optimism let's try the longer wrench I cannot fit a uh impact on that side on the nut because the lower control arm is in the way oh we'll pull this off a rack right that would suck [Music] there we go that was a violent on click [Music] got it no I know it is stuck to the shop I got the nut loose but the bolt is Rusted to the uh metal inside of that shock absorber try this way turn turn oh no if this doesn't come unstuck we're in worse shape than we were on the other side okay let's try the ratchet I'll just uh stand on it yeah you're gonna turn I think I got it I hope yeah well we'll see I'm not uh jumping for joy just yet [Music] I had a battery not yet my gun's not happy stop doing that impact gun yeah yep and the screwing around stops now bigger guns make smaller problems American what liar out of me yeah it's making a liar out of me foreign bar so you're gonna come out of there [Music] why [Applause] foreign [Music] do you think [Music] yeah it's getting hung up on the metal insert inside of that bushing just got to keep forcing it around uh and the bushing is now turning that's not okay [Applause] [Music] now what do we do just keep working it [Music] foreign it back and forth till you get there that's all I can do okay escalation uh level three so I'm starting to give up on asking it it's uh nearly time to force it foreign yeah there's a bunch of rust in here and when it meets this threaded section I think it's getting hung up there's nothing to uh help it come out so I'll do that externally [Music] impacting pry bar check it out long chisel on an air gun an air hammer foreign I spoke too soon shot myself in the foot yeah see how it's turning that inside which doesn't make sense because I know it's not to it [Music] see that bend the bracket that's okay we have hammers for that kind of thing no it's free it's got to be free I don't understand unless that inside collar in that bushing really is Rusted to the uh the shaft and I just can't see it kind of possible but not exactly probable foreign it turns independently why won't it come out this is nonsense everything I get is covered in Rust and what foreign bolt is still in its stuck position and I can't push it out that way I'm wondering if I can just push it in again I've got some space here and perhaps it will uh it'll break free of whatever's got it bound up in its position and then uh I can try to get it out that way uh forgive me for blocking the view and this is actually a ball joint pulling device but I think it'll give me a a good way to press on that uh on that bolt again I'm just trying to break it free of whatever it's hung up on inside of the shock mount here this is a little unorthodox but it might be a complete failure but I'm gonna try it anyway maybe it'll work maybe it won't [Music] it's not really lined up did that do anything not really loud noises again [Music] aha you see that it moved let's try it again I saw it moved yeah you're gonna come out now you are [Music] hot down here I need a point in my fan at me come out foreign [Music] if I could get a tool on the other side I could maybe try to push it through [Music] what are we so stuck on [Music] maybe if I turn this a bunch I can squeeze a tool in here to try to press that through try that all right so on the front of this control arm here there's this little aerodynamic deflector thing it's just pointing on the front edge designed for a fuel economy I'm going to pull this off and get a little bit more space here because I need to figure out how to get some kind of press tool or something on that bolt to uh to get that extracted from the shocks yeah I spoke too soon didn't I need to learn to keep the big mouth shut but I won't they've been telling me that my whole life and I still don't do it I guess that's what makes me kind of Me no filter okay that one's not gonna fit okay one last attempt I have a tie rod press here this is the Harbor Freight one and I'm again I'm just trying to push this bolt through the shock I don't get it because it it moves a little bit and then it hangs up and then it's done so I don't know why why we can't get it to come out but I uh I suppose at this point the why doesn't really matter this works it's either gonna work or it's not sketchy did it work I don't think it did no I don't think it did at all I think it slipped let's try it again yeah it's flipping off now change our angle of our dangle here nope okay escalation level whatever I'm on five one of my five six let's jump straight to nine initiating escalation protocol level nine [Music] Lauren Fire come here come here come here run no I'm good I I'm sorry I shouldn't be the boy who cried well I'll never do that to you again [Music] amount of blades need more blade okay new blade I got a new one [Music] wow that was hot whatever hit me stop it [Music] woohoo [Music] there we go that's real easy right look at that pry bar right out yeah super super easy all good now I gotta go uh get a new bolt but uh it's out of here [Music] all right guys we're getting somewhere now look at what I got here check it out it's not metric threads but this will work this will work just fine get better I drove all the way across town to the bolt store to get a hold of these and if this uh this does not work I will be not not very happy at all you stay you see if this thing fits and it does okay we're good to go here let's just get this thing up a little bit I know it's home come here yeah turn up [Music] I don't have the flangy strength in my thumb there that's not gonna work fry driver where are you [Music] actually let's try the actual pry bar see if that's gonna work yep a little bit more oh I lost my washer hang on guys I'm I need to organize my life one-handed here because the right hand just holding something up Booyah and the takeaway from this is keep your big mouth shut right there we go click sweet all right one more bolt up top and then uh this repairs well actually no it's not because I still have to put that little little uh wind deflector Shield thing back on that goes there it's important last bolt going in thick it's secure all right wind deflector let's get this thing in and it Clips on on the bottom then up top it's got a couple bolts that bolts in there's one back around here giving it the little reach around treatment get in there please yeah things like this little deflector they uh they don't come on the the lower trim models but you get into the upper echelons of the build and uh they give you these little bonus features like wind deflectors on your control arms again it's all a a fuel economy effort if you reduce wind drags then uh that's less fuel you need to use to push through the air that's the theory anyway I don't know how effective it is but the engineers seem to think so so we'll go with that not bashing the engineers not this time I'll save that for uh whenever I get a Dodge manual tickets all right that one's good and it's stuck rust give it some twists there we go and I've got the one other one on the inside and that's enough for our nuts and bolts with the exception of uh of our wheels so uh I'm gonna go ahead and call this one good guys I'm trying to get out of here got some turkey to eat maybe some ham and some corn bread so all that being said before I start rambling it's always like to thank you for watching this video clear hope you enjoyed this video I didn't enjoy this video it was rather stressful and suspenseful but I hope you enjoyed it and again if you did enjoy this please feel free to let me know about that by tapping that like button down below if you did not enjoy this video uh then go back and watch something else and maybe you'll enjoy that one so again and as always thank you for watching and most importantly don't forget to have yourselves a great day see you guys later end of Nexus

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Length: 37min 51sec (2271 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 26 2022