Can you identify this part? New delivery. Part fell off.

[Nadler]

I received delivery of M3 LR AWD yesterday and this morning found this on the floor of my garage this morning.

Anybody know what this is?

 

[JulienW]

A finger tightening nut?????? Doesn't sound very industrial manufacture grade and not robotics compatible.
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[Waltjo]

Is it threaded both inside and outside?

Are both ends open or is the knurled end closed?

 

[Kleenerth3]

You might check your rear license plate bracket. I just got my permanent plates and found one of the imbeds was loose. A little clear Gorilla glue fixed it. It did look a lot like that.
Good luck.

 

[M109Rider]

It’s a dickfer.

 

[trm2]

It’s a dickfer.

I thought it looked more like a henway.

 

[hughbie]

Oscillation overthruster mount. As noted, a bit of gorilla glue, and it will likely hold.

 

[hcdavis3]

I thought it looked more like a henway.

No it’s clearly a Piecost confiburlator. A very rare part indeed.

 

[StellarRat]

Looks like a flow limiter from an EPS conduit. A reverse in the phase modulation will fix the problem temporarily.

 

[hcdavis3]

But seriously we should help OP figure out what this is. I haven’t seen this part in my travels. Something associated with the license plate bracket?

 

[StellarRat]

It looks a lot like some type of insert that's meant to have another screw put into it. I would think the finger tightening groves must mean a human puts it on in the factory without tools OR that it's something that Tesla expects the owner/maintenance to have to mess with occasionally. I'm stumped.

 

[jboles]

That's definitely the inverse polarity coupler. It prevents excess current from overheating the permanent magnet synchronous reluctance motor found in the Model 3.

 

[puckpurnell]

Left side wingframus. No doubt about it.

 

[Kleenerth3]

Poor OP. You are all sounding as whacky as me!!!
BUT, IMHO my money's on rear license plate bracket insert... Or what jbolus said!

 

[whatthe2]

Definitely the Left Phalange

 

[nctalkinghead]

Hey guys...this is really being analyzed to death! It is simply the plug from the oil pan. Jiffy Lube just is not the best place to go for oil changes.

 

[Fernand]

IMHO it's the setpoint lock-nut for the Flux Capacitor.
Don't go barreling into any structures that the AP
can't avoid or you might end up in the wrong century,
with no place to charge up. Might even scratch the car.

 

[Nadler]

Checked the license plate bracket. It's not from there. There is a large hole on one side as the picture shows. The other end has a small hole. It is threaded inside and out. It almost looks like a bicycle tire adapter Schrader to Presta or similar. ......Or it is a flux adapter.

 

[Kleenerth3]

Missed it by that much....

 

[WilliamG]

Oscillation overthruster mount. As noted, a bit of gorilla glue, and it will likely hold.

Come on, jeez. It’s not nice to tease someone like that.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure that really is the oscillation ovethruster mount.