One thing I consider extremely important, if you live in northern states or in Canada, where they use salt on the roads during the winter months, is to clean your brake slider pins. Whenever I swap my Summer tires for my Winters, and visa versa, I take the pins and brake pads out and clean/lube the pins to keep them from corroding and getting seized in the callipers. If this happens they may have to be cut out.

Follower for years thanks for making great content with transparency.

Very useful. I have been delaying doing the rotation myself. Hopefully this will motivate me to start doing at home. 👍👏

Watching this video as I am doing the regular 6,250K mile tire rotation in the garage. Nice.

Great info, thanks Mr. Beard!!

Great simple video!

thank you Sir . this is saved on my channel , your so always easy and direct to personal repairs and accessories.....

@BeardedTeslaGuy

8 ай бұрын

Glad to help

Terrific, straightforward video!

Great video! :)

Great advice for us.

@BeardedTeslaGuy

9 ай бұрын

Cheers

This time of year I need to put on my All Weather tires here in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver, BC), I install my old (2023) Ionic 5's 20" EV01+ wheels from Fastwheels the bolt pattern and offset are the same just the hub size requires an adapter (WHEEL CONNECT Hub Centric Rings, 67.1 to 64.1), they have my super great Michelin Cross Climate 2 235/R45-20's, the narrow profile to allow the tire to cut through the snow and also improve my efficiency during the cold. I also install my CYBERBEANS Shade for Tesla Model Y Glass Roof, with space blanket sandwiched between, to give better insulation during the cold weather to improve efficiency by reducing my heating load. Now I should be all set for my next mountain road adventure!!! Look out snow!

Good looking out again BTG! Although my mileage is low on my 2020 MY I’ve had my tires rotated 3 times. They initially charged $50 now it’s $100 😂. So I’ll be doing these rotations myself moving forward 🤙🏾

@s.porter8646

2 ай бұрын

Mahalo

For winter climates that use salt, cleaning/lubricating the brake calipers is also recommended by Tesla.

Thanks so much for this , going to get stuff to do my own rotations. Tesla charging 105 now it's too much

@BeardedTeslaGuy

9 ай бұрын

Agree. You can do yourself

@deleonj1225

9 ай бұрын

If you have a discount tire near you, they also rotate tires for free

I have the 20” wheels on my MY, took it to Costco for the rotation and the brake caliper covers on the fron were rubbing, so they said the wheels were staggered and they rotated side to side, and also scratched them a lot. I still had some rubbing on one side, so I installed a small spacer. But next time I’ll do it myself. Based on your video I think it’s front to back? Thanks for sharing

You da man!

@BeardedTeslaGuy

4 ай бұрын

Appreciate you

Model X has directional tires, so you can’t rotate because it has the staggered fitment. With the MX i’ve never noticed any uneven wear even though you can’t rotate.

@sethssd

9 ай бұрын

I hear things all over the board about model x tires and wear, what tire size/wheel do you have ?

@dogbots159

9 ай бұрын

Same for y performance

@kimekholm7178

9 ай бұрын

@@sethssdthat’s mostly if you drive in other suspension heights than “Normal” because the cambers don't adjust, same thing on model S

Can you comment on rotating tires without wheel alignment? Is there a DIY solution for wheel alignment?

Does that magnetic shelf damage the dash at all? I have the white dash and am worried about it marking it up.

Do a video on replacing the A/C desiccant bag. No content on it available

Should I wedge the wheels on the jack? Are rollaways possible?

I have a 23 MYLR, with heated wipers, does the wipers you put on have the heat functionality too?

Why don’t you swap sides with the tires also? Seems like they would wear more evenly if each tire spent some time in each position.

do you have a list for printing?

He's got Martian Wheels. Cool.

I have a 2022 MYP. I am confused. Some tell me that the wheels cannot be rotated side to side because they are uni-directional. I have not touched my tires in 23k miles.

Is the 3 ton jack good like the 2.5 ton low profile. Would you recommend the 3 ton from the same seller that you recommended the 2.5 ton. I have a 2022 LR model Y?

What were you spraying on the filter? Looked like a foam of some sort? You don't just swap out the filters?

Let's roll!!!

@BeardedTeslaGuy

9 ай бұрын

💪

What about yearly maintenance on your model X

Seat cleaner link is broken, got an updated one?

I always thought radial tires could not be rotated from right to left as shown for staggered setup. Am I just old school and not informed about modern tire tech?

Nice video. But I thought replacing the air filters was a killer. Maybe because i’m 72.

Have you ever done the brake lubricant service of the caliper pins on any of your teslas?

@DarthDeth

9 ай бұрын

Is this necessary for teslas?

I have the Model Y Performance with staggered wheels, A one jack raise will not work for me, Have not tried yet. Would a jack stand allow me to do this? I have the low profile jack. Need to try and figure it out. Or might just go to Discount tire they have pucks. Thanks for the video.

@akenhart

9 ай бұрын

After some more research I see I would need two jacks. Thanks.

2:22 Great video. Quick question regarding tire rotation, why can you cross the tires like a normal car? In other words, the rear left with the right front.

@BeardedTeslaGuy

9 ай бұрын

You can if you want

@ronkemperful

9 ай бұрын

Radial tires don’t like rotating in opposite directions so typically the rotation is from front to back. Old-fashioned polyester non-radials could go any direction.

What about this? “We recommend cleaning and lubricating all brake calipers every 12 months or 12,500 mi for vehicles in cold weather regions.”

Bro from japan, have to make sure the wheel is still on the left

NEVER use an impact to install the nuts or bolts. Always start them by hand. Then use the impact. The first time you try to remove a cross threaded nut or bolt you will know why.

@bdtang

9 ай бұрын

I would use the impact driver to remove the lug nuts only. You risk breaking the lug nuts or wheel bolt. Always use a put the lug nuts back on by hand and use a good torque wrench/gauge to make sure they’re to spec.

They are saying ther is no need to rotate tires on a model y performance . Is ther some truth to this

If you’re putting new tires on your Tesla, do you need to balance & align them?

@jasonyurrrr9994

8 ай бұрын

Duh

How do you feel about a K&N cabin air filter, and just washing/refreshing every year?

@samuelcollins9625

9 ай бұрын

I wonder if that would be like washing your shoes 👞, once the funk is in them it won’t come out lol 😅

@jimmottola

9 ай бұрын

@@samuelcollins9625 lol, maybe. But I have a k&n cabin air filter for my regular car and it works pretty well. No weird smell, I just know Tesla some pretty serious filtration for outside air coming in.

@samuelcollins9625

9 ай бұрын

That’s right I forgot about the good old biohazard mode

How about Drive Unit oil change ?

@BeardedTeslaGuy

6 ай бұрын

Not yet had anything like that come up

What is your Martian Wheels spec? Thanks

@BeardedTeslaGuy

3 ай бұрын

MW03 18x8.5

What about brake service?

@leanderzulu3494

9 ай бұрын

BTG lives in FL. We don't get all that grime northerners get in winter so no brake service needed

My wipers are still like new after 50k

Hi kindly share where to buy roof cover bro. Tq

Don't forget to loosen the lug nut before jacking up the car

Plastic sleeved sockets so you don’t scratch rims

It looks like that Tesla super seat cleaner is only available on Amazon. Why wouldn't Tesla have it on their website? Maybe they do and I missed it. But are you sure that's a real Tesla product and not just 409 that somebody put Tesla's logo on?

@scottbreseke716

9 ай бұрын

I put a little bit of dishwashing liquid on a damp rag, then wipe the Tesla seats with that.

@Darrenhd2

9 ай бұрын

It's not a Tesla product. I have a bottle and I can tell you it is very good. I've tried lots of different cleaners and the Tesla Super Seat Cleaner is by far the best at getting out even stubborn stains. Highly recommended. Follow the advice in this video and your seats will look near-new for a long time. (If someone knows how to get the stretch marks out from the heavily abused driver's side seat I'm all ears!).

@scottbreseke716

9 ай бұрын

@@Darrenhd2 Actually just a wet rag will clean the white seats fine. No need to buy any snake oil. 🙂

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@georgepelton5645

9 ай бұрын

Actually, Pound-Feet. LOL

Tire rotation per 5k miles is too often. Just don't steer when the car is not moving and you can rotate every 15k-20k miles

@BeardedTeslaGuy

9 ай бұрын

Lol

@BenBrand

9 ай бұрын

BTG laughed, probably thought what I initially did and thought you meant just drive the car straight only. but I know exactly what you mean, It bugs me so much when people turn the wheel rack to rack when parking when the car is not rolling even just a little bit. Rotations do more than even out just that wear, but still it's generally good practice

No, no, no Don't depend on one jack to lift the whole side. Hydraulic jacks should not be use to keep the car lifted. The 10 cent seal can go and the car will go down with no wheels on them.

People STILL believe in the tire rotation thing?? 😂😂

@sludog

9 ай бұрын

Two Tesla service techs told me to pass on my rotations. They said the perfect balance of the car weight keeps tires even wear. One said every 20k miles is good.