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Hmmm!! I could not find the hole in mine 2017 either. Maybe I have to look harder.Interesting, my 2016 MS refresh nose came with a tow eye, but nowhere I can find to screw it in. SC says yes, mine doesn’t used the tow eye, they don’t know why I got one with the car. It’s towed with straps looped over the lower suspension arm.
Whilst they do make LH thread taps and dies. Getting one in this size is not going to laying on the shelf at the hardware store.
From OP's comments, I think flatsix is on to something, it sounds like the car side (female thread) has a burr blocking rhe tow eye from going in. I doubt the SC has a tap on hand either. I would try body shop or get a second hand eye and make a tap out of it.
Rather than trying to repair I'd just tell your service centre about it. They will have to either fix or replace the part, particularly since it's a safety feature.
Good idea is to put it on and off 3 or 4 times, with a dab of oil each time, and keep wiping off the pulverized oily paint-gook on the threads. Gets easier each time.
A long time ago, I seem to remember many cars (like mine) didn't come with a tow hook. Supposedly if you asked for one at a service center they'd have given you one. I never asked, so I may be out of luck now.So I gather if I can't find mine under the carpet in the frunk on my 2013 s85 they have to use the bars(thingys) by the wheel to tow?
A long time ago, I seem to remember many cars (like mine) didn't come with a tow hook. Supposedly if you asked for one at a service center they'd have given you one. I never asked, so I may be out of luck now.
Concerning making one... It's just a 14" black one-piece Tesla item. I can't imagine cost of getting one from Tesla could be that much. As to making one yourself (ie getting matching reverse-threaded eyehook from another source), keep in mind that car has to go into neutral to physically pull it up onto the angled lift bed truck. If a toweye ever failed for some reason, 4,500lbs of car is now rolling backward. I can imagine what Tesla would say when told you got your tow eye at Joe's Hardware.If the hole is there and threaded then a could make one. I do have a service call coming up so I will also ask. Thanks!
Concerning making one... It's just a 14" black one-piece Tesla item. I can't imagine cost of getting one from Tesla could be that much. As to making one yourself (ie getting matching reverse-threaded eyehook from another source), keep in mind that car has to go into neutral to physically pull it up onto the angled lift bed truck. If a toweye ever failed for some reason, 4,500lbs of car is now rolling backward. I can imagine what Tesla would say when told you got your tow eye at Joe's Hardware.
There's a loop for it in the UMC bag. Mine just.... fits. I had to screw it in to the loop. Others put the tow-eye into bubble wrap and store that somewhere. I wish the refresh cars had the storage slot in the frunk floor!Where do you all store your hook?
So I gather if I can't find mine under the carpet in the frunk on my 2013 s85 they have to use the bars(thingys) by the wheel to tow?