Steering Rack and Wheel Bearing of Gli - Cost and Workshops

[hhakim]

Salam,

I am in karachi and would like to know the cost of steering rack change or repair along with front left wheel bearing. any idea how much its going to cost from Toyota itself.

Regards,

Haseeb

[haseeb.basharat]

Salam,

I am in karachi and would like to know the cost of steering rack change or repair along with front left wheel bearing. any idea how much its going to cost from Toyota itself.

Regards,

Haseeb

New steering rack costs 80k+/- in the market. Chinese costs 15k-25k. Repair will cost you around 3k-6k depending upon the issue.
For wheel bearing go to dealership only otherwise you will face many different problems as road side mechanics don't have proper tools for it.

[hhakim]

JazakAllah Khair. Will go to Toyota as the wheel is making noise while turning right for u-turns and round abouts and there is play and does not fell right as there is less road feedback in the steering while driving.

[Mun33b]

Just FYI, Corolla 2010 new oem rack costs 145k now.

[engnr.mubashir]

OEM steering rack is for GLi is at 180,000 30 on January 2023. We ended up having kabuli totally sealed non repaired on for 45k. There was also cheaper one too available for 32k in which some work was done and no Idea what was repaired even shop guy was giving 1 month warranty.

[aziz.rehan]

Clunking noise while Turning is due to outer cv joints.U can check it yourself by turning steering fully to one side and check for any grease leakage in its boot.Steering rack can be easily repaired by installing new rack ends by a machinist.U don't have have to change entire steering rack because of play.Alignment is a must after suspension work.

[Mun33b]

The bushings of the rack itself go bad in this model, sometimes even before the ball joints.

[brownrose78]

@hhakim
Go to S.K Engineering at Rashid Minhas Road near Imtiaz Gulshan-e-Iqbal branch and do work from there.

You will get quality work in much economical price and infact better than 3S

[engnr.mubashir]

Useless to get the bushings work done because it will starts to rattle again. He can be saved if he source bushing from Toyota which will cost him same as kabuli complete suspension which is better than repairing I have personally experienced it.
First wasted money on complete suspension repair and started to make noise again had to buy complete front suspension assembly with steering rack in cost us 65000 with piece of mind. It’s been a year we haven’t heard any voices from front end even using on rough roads and off roads.

[Mun33b]

Reason being the material they use for making new bushes is the same as of sub statandard pvc pipes (instead of specialized poly mix). The machining, diameter, tolerances etc are what their brain is capable of. Then they use tassali bakhsh grease to top it off. Obviously it wont hold when the steering forces are applied.

[Xulfiqar]

Desi machinist lingo for nylon bearings

Plashtick
Fiber

And they eyeball everything.