As a certified mechanic i can tell you from the spray paint on the shock that the car was in a rear accident you needed to take it to a frame specialist to make sure its square.... and replace the other side lower upper and hub assembly... those aluminum arms are so thick they dont bend very easy ...so it had to of had a accident from that right rear quarter panel

this is perhaps the best Tesla Model S video I have seen. For once someone actually gets dirty and doesn't talk tech. For crap sake,,, its a car! You treat it like a car! thank you.

I'm not a mechanic, so that was very impressive to me. It's one thing taking it all apart, quite another putting it back together correctly. I can't imagine what Tesla would have charged for that. Good job!

I was really anticipating you comparing the old and new control arms side by side to see what was actually bent! Good video though

I used to work on front end for a living. I'm impressed with your work on the floor with the simple hand tool and floor jack, stand... Keep up the good work!

This is the first video I see of your channel, I am very impressed, very well done

A really good video thoroughly enjoyable. I would never ever attempt anything like this myself, but it gives me an appreciation for what is involved.

Thank you for helping me figure this out, well done.

Son, after watching you and how good you are, This old man would allow you to work on any car I have, great video!

Great video! I'm really impressed with your confidence about taking things apart and putting it all back together, all with just a floor jack and jack stands.

Great video! Do you have any details on what happened on that corner? I see some over spray on the strut so it look like that corner was painted at some point in time.

I came for insight on Tesla suspension issues but this guy caught my eye.

Had a similar issue with mine in November. Car would start swaying on slight right curves. Turned out the wheel hub had fatigued unnaturally or was damaged at the factory (it was 3 months new at the time) and there was enough room for the right rear wheel to start moving around in weird ways under load. Its cool though that you have the knowledge and skills to fix something like this yourself; saved yourself a hell of a lot of money.

"High strength rope" made me lol. Nice work!

Great JOB...... I was amazed to watch you work. Did you have any parts left over when you put it back together? Thank You...

Good video -- but how the heck did you get the inboard front nut off the lower control arm? I see the slot up from under where the aero panel was, but the access isn't straight? Did you use a flex head wrench??

Tough job. Interesting. Well done!

Great work at putting it all back together!

Very impressive... you must really, really love cars! Very hard work... thanks for the education..... I'm going to share this with my mechanic buddy.

Came across this video. Really good work. Job well done.

Nice job, but what was the actual problem? Did you mark the alignment eccentrics and put them back in the same position or set them midway during reassembly? It will be interesting to see what it looks like after the alignment. Hopefully you fixed it.

Great undertaking, and without a shop manual! I would have had a few extra bolts when I finished that job. Nice to see someone working on the Tesla. The first I've seen on YT. I have a 2014 ordered, due next month, and I'll be sure to check the tire clearance when I get it. I'm thinking it may have been caused by the 21"'s hitting a good pothole. Another reason why I wanted 19"s in my Model S.

AWESOME video, great detail, good work, good job!

Thanks - great video. Did you ever show the car to Tesla before you fixed it? If so, what did they say? Do you know what caused the problem?

Amazing video, Thanks for the post. Can you post the link where you bought the rear control arm and other parts.

OMG--That looked a lot of Work--well done---yesterday dropped into a pot hole here in UK in my Model S --- hoping all ok---getting it checked this week --- GREAT VIDEO--- i'VE SUBSCRIBED---

I am having trouble sourcing struts for a non-air suspension Model S. Do you have a lead on where to find replacement struts like the one featured in your video? Thanks!

I've been thinking getting Tesla from auction. What's your experience telling you about it? My concern is if it's hard to get parts and did you have problems with any electronics (sensors, modules)? Since it's very different from typical cars

9:54, are you going to fix the rear door alignment? Lower window trim is misaligned with fender trim. Did you check if anything you replaced was bent?

I do not know about you, but if I did that job, there would far more swear words! You really kept your cool! Great job!

Good video, and great job. If I may add a suggestion for you. Perhaps add in some close in shots of each important part (not all just the important ones) and give a quick bit of info on how they work. Show folks what these little things look like so if they're gonna try it, they kind of know what they're looking for. Nicely done!

Where did you buy the parts ??? I would like to know please. And thank you.

If you were replacing only the control arm could you have left everything else attached including the air spring unit?

Geez did you fix it? What was bent. Where did you get the parts? Hate to think how much they cost!! Any idea how it happened. I would have loved to have seen the new arms next to the old ones.

Great video!. subscribed.

This is awesome. Give us more Tesla videos!

Did you have a manual or something else to give you the torque settings?

Nice to see the young guys having a go was anything bent or were the bushes shot,if so. What was the mileage on the clock. P.s. Any torque values used would be useful. Keep up the good work

How old is it (from which month 2014) and how many miles on it? Did anything noticeable happen to the rear suspension before?

Tesla just doesn't have the refinements like the big boys yet. I like this guy.

well done did you get it as accident damaged, if not ad be on my way to where I got it .

Nice job. Also nice to see a KZfaq video where jack stands, eye protection and torque wrenches are the norm. Way too many weekend warriors out there working unsafely.

Nice to see the work done with minimal equipment similar to the way most of us would probably have to.

Where do you order your Tesla model S parts from? What website?

Thnks man, think i have same issues whit my P100D. one of these days I will try to replace this parts. 🤞👍

Did you identify which part(s) were actually bent ?

So was it a bush in the control arm or was it actually bent?

do you need to use computer to release the brake caliper and parking brake?

Well done dude... nice Job.

i have same issue caster is off one side (did the finger test lol). great video, i follow your guide and change the hub that didn't fix it. so i change lower control arm and fix it finally. i was sceptical that lower control look so beeffy, how can it be bent right? i was wrong. when i took the old one out and lay it next to new one.. i can confirm the bent is lower front of the arm (arm left/right same part flipable) so anyone have rear suspension caster is off. i recommend change the lower control arm 1st..

Would be nice to know how much force was needed to make that distortion.

Larry you're a natural!

Very good video. I enjoyed it. I'm trying to get better at working with cars.

Great work!

awesome!! I wish I was mechanical inclined like you!!

You said the alignment was ok ? With one half an inch setback?(that is the wheelbase from side to side)not possible on a newer 4 wheel alignment machine .

right on brother that's how I do it too, I work on all of my stuff myself

Do you think this could have been caused by hard launches?

good job! next time do a comparison between the good parts and the damaged parts, curious to see what deformed.

Thanks for using a jack stand! I see too many people relying on the lift to keep the vehicle up...

Where did you order control arms?

watching this seeing the comments of the part being bent hmm it may not been the parts being bent but it could been the bushings that are on the a arms just a idea

That’s a lot of work.Nice video.😜

So what component(s) were bent or damaged??? Was it a bushing? - I can't imagine deflecting these massive elements. Must have been an accident. I don't like to work on suspensions. I have possibly the same Craftsman air compressor like yours. I use the air tools as much as I can, certainly during dis-assembly. Air ratchet, 3/8 inch butterfly impact wrench and even the 1/2 inch impact. Torquing during assembly is a pain but advisable.

Good work, it was probably expensive (parts) even doing it yourself? Hitting a curb sounds probable (previous owner?) but I'm curious if you found another Tesla like your (model, year, etc...) would it have the same issue (doubtful)? ;-)

..incredible mechanic...

Great Job Young Man.

How long did this job take you?

It would have been nice to see behind the assembly while you were doing the disassembly

great video and a gd job.

Nice job bud. If you like taking these things apart checkout my page

Good job! That was a lot of work to do by yourself!

Larry puts two fingers in the passenger side wheel well Driver side he puts three fingers into wheel well. re-watch you can see passenger side his fingers are lower (note panel horizontal line and his fingers are higher off the ground, right?) WHY didn't he actually measure the gap? You can try on your own car. insert 2 fingers and then do again with 3 fingers (which of course means you are further above the ground. This may be why no one could measure anything wrong a the alignment tests. It was great to see the replacement, he did a really nice job.

Where did u get the parts ?

My control arm had a crack in it and the replacement did the same thing, but now it's fine.

Why no final comparison of parts? Was the metal part bent? Or the inner bushing crushed?

great job! but you took the caliper off its line, didn't you have to bleed the brakes?

Does it have a rear sway bar?

Interesting video. But did you identify any bent parts?? what was the problem. The upper part of the suspension geometry seems fairly weak. It seems they figured the lower arm is plenty strong. Since it was forward it would either be backup damage or acceleration damage...

Very impressive! Did you do this without a Tesla maintenance manual?

Thanks for a great video.

That wouldn't be covered under warranty?

Hey great car looking ride man. When you did the chrome delete, did you wrap or plastidip the trims and moldings?

I may have missed it but where did you get the replacement control arm?

I also own a 2013/2014 Tesla that I bought from a private garage. The owner got sick and died (not because he bought a Tesla) and it sat uncharged for a long time. And he never did a service. This caused a problem with the charging system, but I contacted Tesla and they fixed it under the warranty. Since I don't have your mechanical ability, I am relying on the and they are very nice in Bern. You said that there was no tire wear at all before? Did you notice a change in alignment after? I haven't finished watching the video. I want to buy a Nissan NV-200 EV for my company but the battery isn't enough. Can you help me with getting about 300 km range with a 720 kg payload? I talked with Tesla and they said they will give me some ideas, but they can't do the work.There are lots of people in my area of Switzerland that want to switch to EV but they need range.

excellent video

Really good video. 👍

What is that thing on top of your head?

Ive a 2014 P85 now 135,000 uk miles I think the problem is a lot of hard launches deform the rubber bushes as the upper control arm is the torque reaction point and only being RWD and 2.2 ton thats a lot of torque. AWD cars share the torque loads with the front wheels. My car rear wheel steers a bit with the accelerator.

Oh. I was hoping you were going to take us through a more detailed process of extracting all the pieces and replacing them. And comparing the old and the new spindles. Oh well.

The brake caliper... hydraulic or electric?

Man this seems like a monster undertaking. Great job though! Curious to know why you didn't take it to Tesla for getting fixed? Was it because it was out of warranty or something or was it just because you like to fix cars? Thanks

just saying, how did you obtain the torque spec information for all the bolts you removed?

You made good time on that job. Thank goodness for Ebay and salvage yards. i don't want to know how much those parts would cost new.

I’d like to see this job in a step by step format.

okay... where did you get your parts on a take out basis from Tesla? what did those parts cost? .. Your car has obviously been curb slammed .. this happens when the car is pushed too hard into a corner and the back end washes out... seen several videos where this has happened... did you check that strut for cracks in the mounts? You obtained this vehicle 2nd hand from a TESLA retailer? where did you get the torque specs for all those bolts? are they available online? thanx..

How many hours was this job?

Is it possible that this was a bushing issue that was bored of center and when installed caused a mechanical off set? It very unlikely that you would be able to deform or bend cast aluminum without it showing cracks.

Surprised that your p85 did not come with the air suspension. I thought all the model S performance came with it. It might have been a $2,500 option like a lot of Tesla’s stuff…

How is pricing on Tesla parts compared to other american premium cars? Those parts looks extremely expenive with all that machining done to them. Also it looks that Tesla used steel bolts againts the aluminium, if they have I'm a bit concerned with corrosion because of the salting here in Norway.. Thanks for giving us such a detailed shot of the suspension!