So I just got my new model 3 Monday and when I was looking to install my Tesla mud Flaps today I noticed that the left side never had a screw in it, and the new mud flap screw wouldn’t go in. Assuming there’s some problem with the threading. Soonest service I could get with Tesla is two weeks out… in the interim the flap is secured by two two pins. Will I be fine for a couple weeks until hopefully mobile service can fix it? Wish I’d known to check this out before delivery. Photo for reference on the screw.
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New model 3 missing screw on left side undercarriage behind wheel… scheduled mobile service two weeks out. Any similar experience?
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roblab
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Well, if it had been me, I'd have pulled out my battery-operated drill and made a hole. So many problems could be solved if people were even just a tiny bit more able, instead of having to have someone come, for me at least, fifty miles to drill a hole. All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. Or maybe you could use Gorilla Glue! Or something other than waste gas driving to your place. Oh, well....
I’m just not sure I feel comfortable drilling into the undercarriage of a brand new car… definitely don’t really know what I’m doing and would probably damage something.
Don't stick a drill in that hole. It's a tapped hole. You would just ruin the threads. Drilling would be fine for a plastic rivet or a self tapping screw. Not in this case.
I am guessing the threads are just dirty from being open to the environment. Clean it out with some wd40 or brake cleaner or whatever you have. Work the bolt in slowly by going forward and back over and over.
Be sure you aren't cross threading.
I am guessing the threads are just dirty from being open to the environment. Clean it out with some wd40 or brake cleaner or whatever you have. Work the bolt in slowly by going forward and back over and over.
Be sure you aren't cross threading.
Gave it a try and unfortunately no luck. Seems like it just can’t catch a thread at all.
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No worries. Tesla will have to fix it.
I'd run a tap through the hole but Tesla will probably replace you whole battery for this.
Let us know how it turns out.
I'd run a tap through the hole but Tesla will probably replace you whole battery for this.
Let us know how it turns out.
Will do. I had a mobile service scheduled so just added this to that. Will mobile be sufficient or will they just send me to a service center?
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