Front half shaft replacement instructions

[m5james]

I know but at that price its not very bad for 2 the half shafts alone are like $150 so $200 in labor and I assume some kind of warranty is not bad at all

Agreed, which is why I went this route vs doing the work myself.

 

[m5james]

Is your car under warranty? I ask this because the line I was fed is that the 350$ price is only for cars with warranty.

2017, 116k...well out of warranty so wherever you got this info is wrong.

 

[m5james]

The TSB isn't going to replace your half shafts...only the mount.

I've said more than once I just got this done a month ago so please don't armchair mechanic your wrong information.

$180 for balljoints and upper control arms, $350 for halfshafts AND clevis. TSB# is also literally mentioned on the receipt.

 

[m5james]

The TSB isn't free. They aren't going to give you a hard time because you'll be paying.

Hard time, no. They didn't volunteer the information either when I inquired about halfshafts during the summer of '22 and yet that TSB is dated for '21, so there's that.

 

[m5james]

Unless something has changed the clevis is $185. Left halfshaft is $125. Right half shaft $500. Labor, alignment, misc nuts and bolts not included.

No alignment needed either...you've really gotta stop spreading wrong info.

 

[ngng]

Nope, I just posted this picture with my service request and they confirmed. I also spoke to the techs there and they said they haven't heard anything about this expiring either.

A TSB is not a recall. It may be covered under warranty, it might not. They may treat it as goodwill, they might not.

 

[ngng]

No alignment needed either...you've really gotta stop spreading wrong info.

Okay, cite your source?

My alignment was acceptable when I dropped the car off. After they replaced my halfshafts it was so bad I noticed it driving out of the parking lot.

 

[buckets0fun]

Okay, cite your source?

My alignment was acceptable when I dropped the car off. After they replaced my halfshafts it was so bad I noticed it driving out of the parking lot.
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That alignment is acceptable?

Do you enjoy the rear of the car wandering around like a glass eyeball? Why do you have 1/2 a degree of extra camber in the rear right?

They wouldn’t have touched the rear, so this would have been part of your ‘acceptable’ alignment.

 

[ngng]

That alignment is acceptable?

Do you enjoy the rear of the car wandering around like a glass eyeball? Why do you have 1/2 a degree of extra camber in the rear right?

They wouldn’t have touched the rear, so this would have been part of your ‘acceptable’ alignment.

That's the alignment after Tesla worked on it.

 

[m5james]

A TSB is not a recall. It may be covered under warranty, it might not. They may treat it as goodwill, they might not.

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Screenshot where me, myself and I said a TSB is a recall...go ahead, I'll wait. I'll also be waiting for your admission that you're giving out wrong information...I'm sure I won't be getting that either.

 

[m5james]

Okay, cite your source?

My alignment was acceptable when I dropped the car off. After they replaced my halfshafts it was so bad I noticed it driving out of the parking lot.
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The tech who sat next to me and did a ride along with me to confirm squeaking from the balljoints/control arms and clicking from the halfshafts before they took the car into the shop and gave me a service loaner.

Sucks for you I guess that you needed an alignment after the fact...I didn't, car still drives straight as an arrow. Why your back is so outta wack when the halfshafts and clevis that got replaced are upfront is beyond me...maybe stay away from curbs?

 

[ngng]

Screenshot where me, myself and I said a TSB is a recall...go ahead, I'll wait.

I'm not saying you said that. I'm stating, the TSB is not a recall and because it's simply a suggestion Tesla may or may not charge the same rates as shown by our two receipts.

 

[buckets0fun]

That's the alignment after Tesla worked on it.

So you’re saying that when they did the front work on your car, they changed the rear of your car?

Interesting. Wonder how they did that magic.

 

[ngng]

So you’re saying that when they did the front work on your car, they changed the rear of your car?

Interesting. Wonder how they did that magic.

They worked on the rear as well when they replaced the rear wheel bearings.

 

[buckets0fun]

They worked on the rear as well when they replaced the rear wheel bearings.

Interesting.

It’s enjoyable to get half the info and be expected to understand why service procedures were different.

Did they also pull your front end apart? Wondering when we’ll learn that your airbags, front control arms, or subframe was pulled out of the front end.

 

[m5james]

I'm not saying you said that. I'm stating, the TSB is not a recall and because it's simply a suggestion Tesla may or may not charge the same rates as shown by our two receipts.

So you're not saying I said that...yet felt the need to quote me to tell me something I didn't say in the first place? You always have a habit of correcting people who don't need to be corrected...while at the same time NOT correcting yourself? You did say that the TSB only covers the clevis and not halfshafts, so you wanna walk that comment back since you're all about facts and transparency and all.

Did you mention the TSB to them beforehand? Someone else from these forums posted the TSB and I used it w/o argument. ford50x has confirmed today that Tesla will do it for him @ $350 as well. If you didn't, then that's between you and Tesla...but that doesn't change the FACT that the TSB is out there, set price and all, and is still being used.

At the end of the day my experience was different than yours, I know what I know...what I paid and that you're giving wrong info, period.

 

[m5james]

They worked on the rear as well when they replaced the rear wheel bearings.

Cool story...we're talking about front halfshafts here so you're saying that an alignment needs to be done on the front is still wrong.

Your rear bearing comments are completely unrelated and moot to the topic...may I suggest more reading and less typing before you respond.

 

[ngng]

Didn't realize people were so easily triggered these days I did mention the TSB. Anyways, best of luck to OP. I paid $1500 for my clevis mount and halfshafts, YMMV.

 

[m5james]

Didn't realize people were so easily triggered these days I did mention the TSB. Anyways, best of luck to OP. I paid $1500 for my clevis mount and halfshafts, YMMV.

When I'm told I'm wrong AND corrected needlessly, that's not tRiGGeReD...that's called defending myself while also stopping your spread of misinformation. I'm also not one to take insults from someone who can't admit when they're wrong...something WAY too many people can't do these days.

$1500?!?! I don't see how that's even possible considering the quoted booktime and parts costs. They must have seen you coming a mile away...must suck to suck. Either way, no YMMV warning for others; just use the TSB.

 

[buckets0fun]

Didn't realize people were so easily triggered these days I did mention the TSB. Anyways, best of luck to OP. I paid $1500 for my clevis mount and halfshafts, YMMV.

Interesting. This seems like the typical, “zomg trigggggered” when someone is called out.

Sounds very vexed exgf. Misdirection when called out using facts.