More Cybertruck Castings Pile Up at GFTX!? (06.02.23)

[cbrtrckrsrvd112219]

45 castings counted

Fronts or rears? If rear, this confirms it’s a multi piece casting like many have suspected!

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what are those round things ?

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[cvalue13]

what are those round things ?

earlier in thread

 

[Crissa]

what are those round things ?

Sprues or injection sites. You need a spot where the cast material enters and where it's exiting to, and you use the part that was made in-between.

It might also help with grasping the hot piece as it comes out of the press.

-Crissa

 

[anionic1]

Call me crazy, but I think that circle part may be a spare tire support. If you look at the casting where the outer diameter of the tire would be it seems circular too. That’s really the only thing that makes sense to me.

 

[charliemagpie]

CT comes with an espresso machine and now with frying pan for eggs. Just need to locate the toaster.

 

[cvalue13]

Call me crazy, but I think that circle part may be a spare tire support.

here’s where that is headed - it’s a forming piece of the casting that is cut off and thrown in the trash

covered already, earlier in thread

 

[Rutrow]

... it’s a forming piece of the casting that is cut off and thrown in the trash

... thrown in the trash back in the smelter for recycling.

There, fixed it for you. ? ?

 

[CyberGus]

Call me crazy, but ...

"you're crazy"

Don't you remember the dumpster full of "tuning forks"? They're scrap

 

[Deleted member 17810]

Call me crazy, but I think that circle part may be a spare tire support. If you look at the casting where the outer diameter of the tire would be it seems circular too. That’s really the only thing that makes sense to me.

Ok Crazy.

 

[anionic1]

"you're crazy"

Don't you remember the dumpster full of "tuning forks"? They're scrap

Thank you!

 

[SparkChaser]

Any on Ebay? Kind of a cool alien vibe.

 

[anionic1]

I am foreseeing the tesla of the future coming off the assembly line as these rough castings with laser engraved circuitry on the exterior.

 

[pagesix1536]

They just... dumped them in a parking lot huh?

Probably rejects or tests. Not intended to be used on a vehicle. I'll bet they just melt down the material and reuse it.

 

[Crissa]

Probably rejects or tests. Not intended to be used on a vehicle. I'll bet they just melt down the material and reuse it.

Probably, but in the ramp up before they began uses them at Fremont on the Model Y, they literally ringed the factory with piles of them. Just rows upon rows of stacks that eventually they put into racks, and then into the factory. That was done on a lesser scale for the Model Y in Austin.

-Crissa

 

[TyPope]

what are those round things ?

Built-in 5th wheel hitches.

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