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A friend of mine used these screwed into hockey pucks:
https://www.amazon.com/Pack-Rubber-Screw-Bumpers-Cabinets/dp/B07GBFD3SH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Z2YPYHNPYJUL&keywords=rubber+screw+on+bumpers&qid=1561046351&s=gateway&sprefix=rubber+screw+on+,aps,171&sr=8-1
I rotated my tires with them and the worked really well. Enough friction that they'll stay in the jack point hole.
Always carry four pucksSo I'm half way on my commute this morning, cruising at 75 MPH on the freeway when my low pressure warning pops up. We've all seen it before and it's usually complaining about 1psi or something stupid. But this morning all the other tires showed 44 psi and I right rear showed 37. So I watched it. It dropped to 36 within a couple minutes. Hmmmm. Then it dropped another psi within another couple minutes. So, wow, this wasn't a slow leak. I immediately got on the map to find a close tire store. Another psi. Found one about 5 miles away and got off the freeway. Another psi. I watched it slowly drop as I made my way to the the store. At around 25 psi or so the message changed and recommended that I pull over immediately. I was close and just kept going. Finally arrived to a closed (it was 7:30am) shop with about 25 psi. Got out and looked at it. Didn't look flat, but was low. Leaned down to look and I could hear the air leaking! Used my finger and found the hole. They arrived at 8 am and patched it up. They didn't have hockey pucks, but there jack saddle was small and he was careful. $15 later, all is well. I really loved having warning that let me know to get off the freeway! I will put my pucks in the trunk for next time. The experience could have been WAY WORSE!
Any particular brand of hockey puck / jack point adapters anyone care to recommend ?
To not damage the battery or car if you need to jack it up for repairs.Sorry to be obtuse, but what is the purpose of the pucks?
So I'm half way on my commute this morning, cruising at 75 MPH on the freeway when my low pressure warning pops up. We've all seen it before and it's usually complaining about 1psi or something stupid. But this morning all the other tires showed 44 psi and I right rear showed 37. So I watched it. It dropped to 36 within a couple minutes. Hmmmm. Then it dropped another psi within another couple minutes. So, wow, this wasn't a slow leak. I immediately got on the map to find a close tire store. Another psi. Found one about 5 miles away and got off the freeway. Another psi. I watched it slowly drop as I made my way to the the store. At around 25 psi or so the message changed and recommended that I pull over immediately. I was close and just kept going. Finally arrived to a closed (it was 7:30am) shop with about 25 psi. Got out and looked at it. Didn't look flat, but was low. Leaned down to look and I could hear the air leaking! Used my finger and found the hole. They arrived at 8 am and patched it up. They didn't have hockey pucks, but there jack saddle was small and he was careful. $15 later, all is well. I really loved having warning that let me know to get off the freeway! I will put my pucks in the trunk for next time. The experience could have been WAY WORSE!
I got a dozen used pucks on ebay for cheap. they are sold as practice pucks. And in response to a number of other comments: The puck is only needed if the jack plate is large and therefore will put pressure on the battery even if placed correctly (so some jack plates are fine and don't need them). My local Les Schwab has both kinds and we tried the big one and the 'nubs', one each at 90 degrees around the edge of the slightly dished plate, do indeed touch the battery area before the car starts to lift. Don't take changes, carry pucks.I don’t have pucks yet. Do I buy them on Amazon? Which ones do you recommend? Thx.
So I'm half way on my commute this morning, cruising at 75 MPH on the freeway when my low pressure warning pops up. We've all seen it before and it's usually complaining about 1psi or something stupid. But this morning all the other tires showed 44 psi and I right rear showed 37. So I watched it. It dropped to 36 within a couple minutes. Hmmmm. Then it dropped another psi within another couple minutes. So, wow, this wasn't a slow leak. I immediately got on the map to find a close tire store. Another psi. Found one about 5 miles away and got off the freeway. Another psi. I watched it slowly drop as I made my way to the the store. At around 25 psi or so the message changed and recommended that I pull over immediately. I was close and just kept going. Finally arrived to a closed (it was 7:30am) shop with about 25 psi. Got out and looked at it. Didn't look flat, but was low. Leaned down to look and I could hear the air leaking! Used my finger and found the hole. They arrived at 8 am and patched it up. They didn't have hockey pucks, but there jack saddle was small and he was careful. $15 later, all is well. I really loved having warning that let me know to get off the freeway! I will put my pucks in the trunk for next time. The experience could have been WAY WORSE!
I'm a cheap SOB and wanted options if it couldn't be patched. Plus I had enough air (by my estimation) to get to a tire shop which had to be quicker.Why not just push the service button and have them come to you?
I'm a newbie M3 owner. Didn't know it had that warning feature but I'm not surprised. What is the tire pressure threshold that activates the warning?So I'm half way on my commute this morning, cruising at 75 MPH on the freeway when my low pressure warning pops up. We've all seen it before and it's usually complaining about 1psi or something stupid. But this morning all the other tires showed 44 psi and I right rear showed 37. So I watched it. It dropped to 36 within a couple minutes. Hmmmm. Then it dropped another psi within another couple minutes. So, wow, this wasn't a slow leak. I immediately got on the map to find a close tire store. Another psi. Found one about 5 miles away and got off the freeway. Another psi. I watched it slowly drop as I made my way to the the store. At around 25 psi or so the message changed and recommended that I pull over immediately. I was close and just kept going. Finally arrived to a closed (it was 7:30am) shop with about 25 psi. Got out and looked at it. Didn't look flat, but was low. Leaned down to look and I could hear the air leaking! Used my finger and found the hole. They arrived at 8 am and patched it up. They didn't have hockey pucks, but there jack saddle was small and he was careful. $15 later, all is well. I really loved having warning that let me know to get off the freeway! I will put my pucks in the trunk for next time. The experience could have been WAY WORSE!
They all should use them. The engagement feature isn't really necessary, but it helps align and maintain alignment of the puck during use. A regular disk without any holding feature would work fine, but we like the protrusion to keep them in place.I was unaware of the advisability of carrying puck-pads for jacking up a Tesla. I went immediately to Amazon after reading this thread and found lots of them -- but the only ones specifically for Tesla were all for Model 3 and looked very different from the slotted disks. Does this mean Model S doesn't need them? Is any old slotted-disk puck okay, it needed?
I'm a newbie M3 owner. Didn't know it had that warning feature but I'm not surprised. What is the tire pressure threshold that activates the warning?[/
Jack Lift Point Adapter Fits Tesla Model S Protect Battery Paint Black
The risk is if the shape of a jack or lift is such that it makes contact with the battery pack. Bad news--you don't want to bear the weight of the car on the battery. So putting a puck at the lift point (identifiable by a wide spot in the rocker with a finger-sized hole in it) gives an inch of vertical clearance to keep the lift from touching the battery. You can just hold the puck in place while you get the lift in place, or attach some sort of peg thingy that snugs into the aforementioned hole.I don't know how a tire puck is used. Can someone explain? Thanks.