Today I started working on changing out the struts on my Avalon. I got a set of KYBs for front and back. However! The first strut I took apart (taking the spring off) I didn't see a little spacer fall off of it. So I put it back together without the spacer. Well, trying to torque it down to spec it ruined the hole in the upper plate/support not allowing me to torque it to spec, even with the spacer I found, since the hole is now perfectly round. While this sounds like a bad thing, the thing is that this part seems to also be the dust cover for the shock, and it is terribly disintegrated on both sides. I had actually looked for the dust covers online before, but I couldn't find them. I thought they were a separate part, like on so many other cars. So now I'd like to get dust covers for both sides. But I can't seem to find this part anywhere, or I do and I get confusing information from the website. Toyota Parts is now a horrible mess. I did find a pic at autoparts.Toyota.com with it showing parts 48750H(RH) and 48760B(LH) to be the parts I'm looking for. But I can't get anything on the site that specifies just these two parts. I miss the old Toyota parts website! Looking at http://www.ToyotaPartsDeal.com I can search 48760B and get 48750-06130 as a LH part that fits on my Avalon. But when I search for 48750H I get part 48750-48070 that looks like the right part, but the site says does not fit my Avalon but only fits the Highlander. I can also see these parts on eBay for much cheaper, but am not sure whether to go that route. I guess I could call a Toyota dealer, but I'd have to have it shipped here as they are too far away, even if I had a car that didn't have its struts lying all over the lawn. Suggestions?
I hate it when they money saving adventure goes south - where one turn of events leads to the next bad turn of events. Welcome to our world. Better ½ had a favorite watch worked on in a "bargain" shop for a measly battery swap & they managed to bust off both hands. Was not allowed to say "I told you - you should NEVER go back to that shop. $60 to repair watch at another shop & the watch breakers would deduct $60 from a battery swap on her phone. So now her Galaxy s20 doesn't work. LOL. (sigh) Here's to hoping you get out of this with a cost no greater (at least) than what the stealership would have charged, minus your time & effort .
I've always worked on my cars. I've always changed out the struts when they needed changing. And while I did make a mistake, it was on a part that needed replacing anyway. But it's the not being able to get a straight answer as to where in the world can I find this part that is a huge pain. I kind of need the strut attached to the vehicle in order to drive it.
Maybe plug in your "frame number" (on driver's door frame decal) here, they have clear parts diagrams and functional search. Maybe better all-in price too, but at least for part no's.
@Mendel Leisk , you're a lifesaver! Looking at the part numbers, it's the same part for either side (48750-06130). Which is weird that they have different numbers on the diagram, but the same on the list. So I just ordered the two for the rear since they are also the dust covers, and I got dust covers for the front, and a special nut that I dropped and can't find that holds the strut to the frame behind the back seat. A little rant about that nut. It looks like Toyota on purposely put a little hole right there so that nut would fall down into it and so far I can't find where the other side of the hole goes exactly. Somewhere in the HV battery area. My front struts got delayed, so I'm waiting on those anyway too. Hopefully next weekend I'll have the car up and running again. Need to have an alignment, I'm seeing wear on the inner side of the front right tire this last tire rotation (which I do myself). Good thing it happened just as these tires are needing to be replaced.
