Good afternoon, my M3P has developed a squeaky bush, clearly a common problem. My issue is, a) the part is it of stock due to a global shortage with no known date when they will be available and b) they resealed them last August, when they phoned up they stated that they would be replaced FOC if the part had had any work done under warranty yet they have just text to say it would be chargeable as it wasn't raised under warranty. Now I do get its out of warranty but they did do the bodge under warranty and that clearly hasn't sorted the issue. Does anyone know how I would stand on this and also know where I can get hold of the arms (either genuine Tesla or third party)? Many thanks
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Model 3 upper control arm issues
- Thread starter m3gt2
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When the mobile came out to me, I received a call in the morning, fairly heavy snow, he said he needed to do an upper control arm lubrication, I said fine and he turned up an hour later. He put a rubber glove on put some grease in his gloved hand and proceeded to rub the grease onto the Bush. Same on the other side.. all finished in 5 minutes. Apparently that was a recall....
I will be doing that every 6 months if that's all that stops the bush from failing.
I will be doing that every 6 months if that's all that stops the bush from failing.
RyanS
Ka-chow
I was able to fix the problem for $6 over the weekend. If you don’t have a grease gun, make it $30.
I would try this before spending $700
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I would try this before spending $700
Post in thread Creaking noise from suspension - resolved!
Can I ask what sort of grease you used, where exactly you injected it and also I assume you jacked the car up to do it? Thanks
RyanS
Ka-chow
I just used a standard lithium grease like this one. 14 Oz. Moly-Graph® Lithium Grease
No need to jack up the car.
See the photo. I marked where I injected and the direction of the needle.
First I cleaned the area with alcohol. Put the needle in about halfway toward the center and make sure the needle stays in the spot.
keep pumping the grease until the boot starts to get fat. I think it was something like 3-4 pumps. Boot should look like the photo below.
Then just pull the needle out.
I didn’t have to put any adhesives to seal it. It was a self sealing. I checked the area for several days and no leaking so far.
If you don’t have a grease gun, I think you might be able to do this with 30 or 50ml syringes with 20g needle. I still recommend a grease gun with a sharp needle from Amazon.
Good luck
No need to jack up the car.
See the photo. I marked where I injected and the direction of the needle.
First I cleaned the area with alcohol. Put the needle in about halfway toward the center and make sure the needle stays in the spot.
keep pumping the grease until the boot starts to get fat. I think it was something like 3-4 pumps. Boot should look like the photo below.
Then just pull the needle out.
I didn’t have to put any adhesives to seal it. It was a self sealing. I checked the area for several days and no leaking so far.
If you don’t have a grease gun, I think you might be able to do this with 30 or 50ml syringes with 20g needle. I still recommend a grease gun with a sharp needle from Amazon.
Good luck
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