1 a million Cybertruck drivetrain oil leak

[dLux]

I was told EVs don't use oil ?‍

They do, except that you normally don't have to change it, it's there for the lifetime of the motor.

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[CyberZephyr]

The vehicle design is perfect, obviously its user error again. Any other truck would have been worse……

I like your enthusiasm for the CT, but I think @CarMan ElecTruck put it better here.

This could happen to any car or truck..

freak occurrence

Just another occasion of singling out the Cybertruck for one thing, because it's so famous.

 

[M0unt41nm4n]

From looking at the pic , I’d just drill it out and tap it and screw in a drain plug. Don’t overthink it people

This is a great possibility. Just gotta be sure there are no filings from the drill point that gets up in there or a new DU will definitely be in his future ?

 

[devdrone6]

I was told EVs don't use oil ?‍

Yup, neither do windmills and solar. All made without oil and use no oil...

 

[DeBergo]

This is a great possibility. Just gotta be sure there are no filings from the drill point that gets up in there or a new DU will definitely be in his future ?

It’s a no lose situation, they already told him it needed replaced
with it being on the bottom it would be easy to control shavings and rinse out after. I used to shove a piece of shop rag in holes like that and just did it out after. Shop vac nozzle up against the drill but and tap will get 90% of the shavings. I’d certainly risk it over shelling out $7600!

 

[mongo]

This is a great possibility. Just gotta be sure there are no filings from the drill point that gets up in there or a new DU will definitely be in his future ?

Yeah, downside of aluminum case is a magnetic drain plug wouldn't help. Upside is, the shavings are weaker than the gears.
General upside, there is an oil filter.

 

[Mini2nut]

The aluminum case is compromised.

Maybe Tesla will offer a the customer a goodwill gesture and replace the electric motor at no charge.

Aftermarket companies may offer a simple and affordable DIY solution as a preventative measure.

 

[DeBergo]

The aluminum case is compromised.

Maybe Tesla will offer a the customer a goodwill gesture and replace the electric motor at no charge.

Aftermarket companies may offer a simple and affordable DIY solution as a preventative measure.

I guess after repaint a lot of construction equipment over the last 25 years, I’d say that’s just got a hole in it. If it were cracked I’d say it was compromised. A hole at the web of an aluminum casting is unlikely to be a high risk point of failure. You could likely even just put a rubber plumbing repair plug in it as is. I personally like threaded connections, but if I were in the field and this was a piece of equipment and we needed to finish a job, anything that would plug the hole would be in there until we had time to get it back to the shop. A rubber boat plug I’m thinking would be a good stop gap. Pop rivet with a piece of roof rubber membrane in the hole. Lots of things that would hold that.

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