This is very odd. I haven't seen any similar complaints on the Tesla forums that I frequent, so it is quite possible that something is different with your car. Does it have stock wheels and tires? Or, is there perhaps excessive wear of the controls arms bushings or ball joints? I have seen many complaints of issues with those.
Good luck, Kevin Horton > On Mar 14, 2025, at 08:29, Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > It looks like there’s less than an inch of travel before the upper A arm > mount hits the inside of the wide tire, chewing into it. Thinking some coil > spacers, either this type or the 4 smaller piece type would limit the spring > travel. OR installing skinnier tires like the Model-3 has. Has anyone > installed a skinnier tire on the Tesla-Y? > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Rubber-Coil-Spring-Spacer-Inch/dp/B07Y5LLV2N > > > > > > Have a renewable energy day, > > > > Mark > > > > Mark E. Hanson > > 184 Vista Lane > > Fincastle, VA 24090 > > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > > UL Certified PV Installer > > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > > REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > > <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd8975b8d/signature> > Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > > > > > > > From: Mark Hanson [mailto:markehans...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 9:22 AM > To: mark hanson > Subject: Fwd: Tesla Y upper control arms chewing up inside tire corner > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mark Hanson <markehans...@gmail.com> > Date: March 14, 2025 at 8:10:33 AM EDT > To: Electric List <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Subject: Tesla Y upper control arms chewing up inside tire corner > > Hi Folks > When my Tesla Y suspension travels, the upper A arm is so close to the tire > that it chews rubber out of the inside of the tire. It’s occurring on both > front tires, more prevalent in the right side for some reason, chewed down to > the cords, wires sticking out, almost caused a blow out. It’s in the shop > now but they’re checking camber alignment, toe in. > It looks like the wide tires are too close to the upper control arm and any > suspension travel more than an inch will chew into the tire. The car has 113K > miles currently. > Best regards, > Mark > Sent from my iPhone > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250314/bb7c63bb/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
