Tesla 940
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Strider - thanks for the pictures and instructions. I received my rotors yesterday so it is this weekends project. Hope to go to Willow Springs either 6/20 or 6/28 - it rained after Session #3 on 6/6.
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Seems like the only way I'd let somebody besides Tesla work on the car, unless they already know about the lift adapters.
I don't know if I'm the only one with this issue but, I can't get Tesla to sell me the lift adapters. I've called, several times, about them.
Last time, I talked to a manager. He said "We don't sell them." I said "Yes, you do. The owner's manual specifically says to call Tesla and buy them." He was like "Really? Huh. Let me get back to you."
He didn't.
A tiny bit annoying to have the only people that make a required part...refuse to sell that part to you.
A few people here have made their own and saved a lot of money over Tesla's price (when they sold them). I'm getting ready to make some myself. Check out this thread where Doug_G and spaceballs generously shared their CAD files. Send one of those files to your favorite machine shop (spaceball's are made for emachineshop.com) and they'll give you a quote to make them.
Perhaps we need to start a thread "Group Buy Tesla Roadster Lift Adapters" and see how many people want them and what kind of price we can get.
I'd be interested.Perhaps we need to start a thread "Group Buy Tesla Roadster Lift Adapters" and see how many people want them and what kind of price we can get.
Link to the cad files and the thread hscharp????
Thanks.
TOBASH
...and bled the brakes...
No mention of that in Strider's post.
Did you run in a problem that forced you to bled the brakes or you just chose to include this in the maintenance?
I think I'll be ok with the rotors but I'm not too keen on adding this part to my 'mechanics' experience!
You have to bleed the brakes to get the air out of the lines. The real question is whether or not you also choose to flush all the brake fluid. That's a job that needs to be done about every 2 years on a Roadster. You might as well do it now because it will be easier. If you don't do it, your fluid will turn to sludge unless you live where it's really dry.
My roadster is still being serviced by Tesla, so changing the brake fluid is something I can make sure they do if I time my yearly maintenance just after I replace the rotors. It would be a 'quality control' on my changing the rotors if I ask that from them to make sure all works well!
Now, if I only change the rotors, I don't understand what is the risk of actually getting air into the lines?
As long as I don't disconnect the calipers from the fluid lines, shouldn't I be ok?
The proper way to bed your brake pads and brake discs (rotors) is to bed them on the racetrack, NOT on the street.
1. Start out with several near stops for the first 1-2 laps, while gradually increasing your speed and brake force with every stop.
2. Next, do another 1-2 laps at normal speed followed by a cool down lap. The gray coloration is the pad material depositing a transfer layer of material into the micro-grooves of the disc. This process is pinnacle in achieving the best performance and life out of the rotor.
3. Then allow rotor(s) to completely cool down to ambient temperature.
Try not to engage ABS, and don't set the parking brake afterwards when the brakes are cooling off.