LCA Cam bolts $$$$ !!!!!

Went in for alignment and told all 4 cam bolts seized. Did a TW search and no surprise hey? What blew me away was it was recommended to replace those bolts with OEM, called up the dealer and $400!!!!! for just the bolts/eccentric nuts/etc! Mind you that is in CAD so about $350 USD. Parts guy was laughing as he was totalling it all up! I think because he knew what my reaction was going to be. I never did find any consensus on what to use after market. What should I be looking at? I do virtually no offroading. Guarantee either way those suckers will be well lubed when installed next!

 

You will need 2 pairs

 

Order this and cake the ever loving shit out of the bolts when you install them:

$10 Permatex 80078 Anti-Seize Lubricant With Brush Top Bottle Prevents Galling, Corrosion, Seizing, Refined Blend Aluminum, Copper, And Graphite Lubricants For Spark Plugs 8 oz

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FW7VGE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Thanks, yep pavement princess! lol Love the look and live rural, 300'+ gravel driveway so often need to navigate 16"+ inches of snow.
Whatstcp - $166 is a great price, I'm in BC postal code V9M 3V3, damn exchange is killing us up here!!!!! Wheelersoffroad wants $50 USD to ship to me......

 

Where in BC are you

Comox ?

 

I gooped the shit out of mine but it probably gets washed off anyway..

 

OZ....yep Comox, Vancouver Island!

 

Whatstcp - you don't even want to look at what the control arm is worth!!!! LOL

 

So if you're up for a couple hour drive down the island it could save you some dough .

I've used these guys about a half dozen times to get different things from the States . Very reasonable rates .

Seawings Express has an office at the Victoria Airport in Sidney . They also have an office in Blaine , WA . You purchase your items in the US and have them shipped to the Seawings office in Blaine . Seawings then brings them in to Canada via the Sidney Airport . Once your stuff arrives you go to their office and they will give you the customs paperwork which you walk over to the Customs office in the airport , pay your GST and any duty if that applies , take that paperwork back to Seawings and pick up your items .

http://www.seawings.ca/

 

I quit using anti-seize a long time ago. It seems to dry out and not do what you want over time . I use "Synthetic disc brake lube" , also made by Permatex. It stays like a grease for years. Like I have said before I live at the Jersey Shore and it is as bad as any place or worse in the US for rust . The Brine our Gov't puts on the roads to prevent freezing is bad and now the state wants to tax people who have asphalt driveways or parking lots with what they call the " Rain Tax" because of the Brine being washed back into streams and lakes instead of being absorbed into the ground. Yes our Government is a bunch of cracked eggs. Then we have the salt water in the bays and ocean that puts salt in the air to finish off the vehicles.

 

Here's a thread that lists the part numbers for OEM parts. I happened to get mine through the deal on that thread but you could Google the PN's and see who has the best price.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-gen-alignment-cams-packaged-price.579061/page-2

 

Fuck Wheeler’s! Now you know part of the reason why.

 

Yeah I even checked on Amazon, and the OEM ones are ridiculous. I know Toyota likes to keep prices high for their parts, but for some cam bolts!! Like come on, they don’t lube them from the factory because THEY KNOW people are gonna have to pay up in a few years to get them replaced.

And the sad part is, almost all of the aftermarket ones are known to not keep alinement after a while.

 

OP buy the OEM bolts , just don't buy them from Toyota Canada

 

Thanks all, great advise!