good afternoon boys, couple of car questions: the used 2006 lexus IS250 AWD I bought, dealer tells me the rubber boots on the rear axles are starting to go, so i need to replace rear axles on both sides to the tune of $5,000.00($2000 parts $3000 labor) says lexus just doesn't sell the rubber parts. Anybody ever hear this BS? Oh and 2nd my daughter comes back from Montana, saying she drove both stick shift and manual... turns out she didn't know stick shift was manual, and the other type of car she drove was automatic! gets very high marks in school though.
I think most of the bands that attach the boot are machined on and may be why. Even if you could get just the boots, you would be hard pressed to find the stainless clamps necessary. Don't know that you'd want to use the standard 'worm gear' type. Also, once the boots crack, those joints are exposed to all kinds of dirt, water etc, so no telling how long the quick fix would even work.
I think your quote is a little high none-the-less. I think they just saw the name on the car and added cost liberally. I'd get some more quotes... even after-market parts + labor... there's my .02
