(part 2) Step-by-Step Guide_ Fixing a Tesla Model 3 Rear End on the Celette Bench

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Welcome to the second part of the video featuring an expert repair of a Tesla Model 3 rear end, skillfully performed by Gerry Whelan from the YouTube channel @LuxuryCarRepair!   In this detailed tutorial, Gerry takes us through the entire repair process using the highly precise Celette Bench. Whether you're a car enthusiast, a Tesla owner, or simply curious about automotive repairs, this video is packed with valuable insights!  Join us for this engaging experience and see how Gerry brings a damaged Tesla Model 3 back to life! Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more amazing automotive repair content!  Thank you for watching, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!   Be sure to check out Gerry's channel @LuxuryCarRepair for more incredible automotive work!

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00:00so what we done was start chopping everything off and in part one got the

00:05quarter off we got the rear end off the trunk floor the end panel got it all off

00:11got the frame rails off and then we got our new parts cleaned them all off and

00:17we've got one frame rail in and what we are going to do was get the second frame

00:22rail in and the caps so if you haven't watched part one and I recommend that

00:28go back and watch part one before I start watching this video because it'll give

00:31you more of an insight what stage we're at anyway this is the stage I lefties at

00:35we put the frame rail in and we riveted it all up and we had to do the other side

00:40and we had to put the caps on in the end so anyway let's get going right okay

00:45people that is the frame rail is in give all the rivets there seeing it in the

00:52time-lapse it's up here

00:58so what we're going to do now is to put the rear end plate on just this so this

01:15has to go in there as well so what we'll do is we'll take this mount off again I'm

01:21gonna sit that in and then I'm gonna drill the holes because the holes were here go

01:27through here but the drill holes in the bottom so we'll get ahead and do that

01:30now

02:00okay folks so I just had these rivets in here just lining her up they're not the

02:15ones that are going in there the ones that are going in there are countersunk I need

02:18this panel to be flat when it's all riveted on because the end panel is going to go

02:22onto it so

02:25what we're going to be putting into them is this countersunk so I'll go through there but now I need to

02:35countersink this and for that we have a special drill bit here it is here this drill bit is going to countersink that now we can see

02:46I could use a better view

02:53you can see it's sticking out still

03:07you can see when I rivet up that's got to be nice and flat

03:22as I great drill bit

03:37Okay, so it's all drilled.

04:05Let's have it all ready, cooking out the material that goes off and fills all these holes.

04:16So, what we'll do now is, lay this all off, clean it all off, put some glue on, get it on,

04:23rip it up, and then you have this frame rail.

04:29Oh well, let's get going.

04:36So, what I'm going to do here is, we're going to do what every panel is, we're going to

04:39clean it all off, get it down to the bare metal, and we're going to wipe it all down with a

04:43wax and grease remover, and make sure this panel is nice and clean, and the frame rail

04:48is nice and clean before we start applying the glue.

05:11Okay, so, you see me, I'll just put the point back in, so I know that this is in the exact

05:21right place.

05:23What we'll do is, we are going to get the rivet going, riveting these all together, but it's

05:31all sitting all nice and snug anyway.

05:33It's all really nice.

05:35So, let's get riveting.

05:39Okay, here we go.

05:43A bit of time.

05:45We're going to get the counter phone going forward.

06:15There we go.

06:16Okay.

06:17Okay.

06:18I'm going to get the counter phone going forward.

06:26Well, just go ahead, we can go ahead, we can get it on the ground.

06:31Turn it up.

06:32We're going to do the counter phone going forward.

06:34How the camera is on the edge of the camera?

06:37We're going to get the counter phone going forward.

06:42this one is finito there you go see all the countersunks nice and flush with the panel here

07:00the reason why you want that nice and flush with the end panel is going to sit on over there now

07:04but this one's all done it's weird uh they want you that's the old well here you don't want you to

07:19put another rivet in there you just move over here there's a certain measurement you can put it there

07:23so you just put glue there the same one in here that's the old river over there but you wanted

07:28you to put it over here anyway just follow instructions just put some glue over there

07:34what i'll do is before i paint i'll just put a bit of cedar over as well anyway that's that one done

07:43now this one has to be done let's get cracking

08:04so

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09:02okay

09:11so

09:13okay there you go two frame rails are in thank god they're not the easiest that's my

09:22first time doing it but it's not that they're not the easiest that's a lot involved anyway

09:28there's that one now as well all countersunk and these ones here they're not countersunk it's

09:36the structural structural countersunk so that's all in same as the fire side turn the light on

09:48same again looking nice so what we need to do now is i need to put a little panel in here

09:54here we're gonna do the same over here we're gonna do the same over here we're gonna do the same over here

09:57let me show you where it is

10:01this is it here

10:05let's see which one's which

10:06that's that side right so this little panel goes in here like so

10:19now there's a few four point dates holding that in

10:23and then what goes here is that piece there we have to get that on as well

10:29that one goes on the far side to show you it's gonna sit nice and snug in there like so

10:44i think next one i'll put in is a trunk floor i think but

10:51what i'm gonna do is i am just going to set up these two points again get it all nice make

10:58sure it's all sturdy and all that and then we put a trunk floor in there i'll probably leave these

11:03brackets on tonight while it all goes there with all sets so you two let's go okay so i'll just take

11:10this moment just to ask you if anyone has any questions or anything about what tools are using

11:15just ask me in the comments and i'll get back to you as soon as i can hope you're enjoying the video so

11:19far right trunk floor coming you right next is this one i'm just going to sit it in here see how it looks

11:30like let's see

11:33oh thank god it fits right looks well in there what we'll do is we'll go over here

11:51now all the procedures where's the trunk floor

11:57where's the body panel

12:04i'm blind it's here somewhere

12:16there it is hiding on me right so here we go trunk floor parts list next page it's gonna be we

12:28need a trunk floor we have that and we need 23 4.8 jesus they changed it i haven't done a trunk

12:35floor in a while but they used to be 6.5s now they changed it to 4.8 which is these ones

12:45so let me see what way do you do it yeah it's already out just telling me how to take it out

12:52right then so there you go 4.8 all on the back along the side

12:57and obviously on the rear panel when we have it on

12:59so jesus that's mad to change the 4.8 sorry 23 of them for the whole job now we have to keep

13:10let's say some here at once as well so say one two one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

13:18eleven twelve thirteen okay so we just kind of spread them out 23 same same 13

13:25in there i have one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven right we'll spread them in

13:33evenly anyway so let's mark this up it's already in there we get our auto writer all right where i'm

13:40gonna put the rivets and then we will drill our holes and get it in starting to come together

13:46starting to look like something again right let's go

14:01right that's the trunk floor in to be honest with you that's a piece of cake easy piece of cake i

14:20never say that why did i say that anyway right 4.8 one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven

14:30twelve twelve thirteen to be honest i didn't put that one in at the start but then the panel was

14:34kind of lifting a little bit so we just banged that one in but she's nice and snug in there now

14:42nice and clean

14:49there we go starting to come together on a bit of a rolls should we gone home but now i'm thinking

14:54well geez will i just bang that little bit in bang that little bits in there and will i put the end

14:58panel on anyway we'll keep going we'll see how far we can get what time is it let me see

15:05right 20 past six

15:10let's keep going right let's try and get this little piece in here let's try and get them pieces in here

15:17i won't record that he's down there because i'm going to be doing here it's going to be the same

15:21right see you in a minute right okay i got that piece in there it is

15:29she's in there she's all riveted 4.8

15:354.8 along there as well so she's in she's nice and snug now i'm going to do this side

15:41i'll do a time lapse on this side you didn't you see the other side so literally boom that's going to

15:46sit in here like that 4.8 along there when we get that on this is going to sit on here

15:56here this calls for 4.8 all along here up here nothing along here and that's asked for a 6.5

16:05bulb over there i'm going to do that and then i'm going home let that all cure and then we tomorrow

16:10we can do the end panel quarter so let's line them all up to get our holes and get it glued on let's go

16:22so like i said before it's just the same as every panel replacement what you do is you just clean

16:26it all off then get your um back to bare metal then get your aluminum aluminium jesus and then

16:32um what you do is just clean it all off with your agent your cleaning agent make sure everything is

16:36spotless before you apply your glue once you apply your glue get your rivets in get your rivet going

16:40going boom done okay let's see i'm out of here because it is ten past eight we got a lot done

16:56today now in fairness we've got the two frame rails done which are three pieces each three pieces each

17:00so that is six pieces then we had to get the lower glove piece on this one put on then we had to get

17:05the end cap put on these two came with the gloves we didn't do that but we had to put the end cap on

17:10as well we got the trunk floor in then we got the floor extension on this side in and then we got the

17:16floor extension on this side in which you're just seeing and we got the extension on the wheelhouse as

17:20well in so that's all clamped there we'll let that set for tonight but uh yeah i'm happy with it

17:27turned out well tomorrow we are gonna come in and we are going to get this on that shouldn't be too

17:35bad and then we have the quarter panel to go on here it is here so we'll get that on so waiting

17:43on parts on the rolls royce waiting on special glue to put this quarter on it's all painted and

17:48everything doors together front ends together rear bumpers together that's the rear bumper there

17:52just waiting on set a certain glue to get it we can't get it in canada so we're trying to figure it

17:56out anyway hope you are enjoying the video so far yeah any questions hit me up hit that subscribe

18:05button please if you haven't already anyway see you tomorrow right folks it is the next day

18:13morning time you can take this clamp off you'll see this won't budge

18:21should be clamp is stuck there we go the glue i'll have to clean that that's a nightmare only

18:29thing about glue look at all my clamps obviously when you clamp a panel glues oozing out of it there

18:38you go that's solid now

18:42so today like i said just there previously in the other clip we're gonna get this

18:48sit it on there close the tailgate make sure we still have a nice gap with this quarter panel

18:52get that all on and then we'll work on the quarter panel all right let's go where's that button boom

19:04let's go okay just a quick thing to talk about here to get this m panel on okay you're not going to be

19:12at it because it has to sit in behind here and you have to slide it down to get it in behind there and

19:16slide it down here and kind of turn it back in here so in the instructions in the hardware they give

19:23you like obviously they want your 6.5 uh bulb bits in there your flow forms but they give you bolts and

19:30nuts and the reason they give you them is because they want you to knock these out bang them with a

19:34hammer and knock them out get rid of them basically because it makes it easier for you to get your m panel

19:41in and that's why they supply you with these so when you have your m panel in what we'll do is

19:45we'll put this bolt through here and the nut and that's what they want you to do from procedure

19:52also something else i just point out if you remember my trunk floor

19:58uh it wanted 4.8 which is what we done all along here and then it also said 4.8 on your m panel here

20:06now that was the instructions for the trunk floor now we're doing instructions for the m panel and it's

20:10asking for 6.5 so it's weird it kind of contradicts itself sometimes

20:23so it wants 6.5s all along here see 6.5s 6.5s

20:30but on the trunk floor 4.8 sorry here we go it's probably make more sense this is the trunk floor

20:41procedure and it's asking for 4.8s along the back along the side and down on the m panel

20:49now here is the m panel and it's asking for 6.5 mil down and along so as i'm saying sometimes these

20:59procedures contradict themselves a little bit but i think the best one to do is just go whatever you

21:05think is better i'm gonna go with the 6.5s along here i think to be honest because that's the way

21:11it was previously you never had an issue with it so we knew that let's go

21:25so

21:31so

21:35so

21:39okay m panel sitting on there what i want to do right now is that's just sitting there

22:00i want to clean off all this area clean off my joints i already i already cut this usually

22:07comes up here with a big panel here i already just cut splices here what we'll do is i'll clean this

22:11all off clean that all off i want to sit it on clamp it up and then i want to close my tailgate

22:16i want to sit my door on and i want to make sure i have all my gaps nice if i have all my gaps nice

22:21then we'll start making the holes for our flow forms and our blind rivets same with this

22:27and then we'll get it going then we'll be finished uh oh

22:31yes roy let's go

23:01okay like i said previously it's just the same process just clean off all your panels get

23:08everything nice and clean one thing i will say is this old glue in the car when you're grinding it

23:12off make sure you have a vacuum or at least have a mask on it because that stuff is not good for you

23:17once i have it all cleaned off there you go to sit the panel on make sure it's all snug try the door

23:22on be closing the door down as well make sure the gap is all good then move on to the tailgate while

23:28do is make sure everything is all nice and tight close it down make sure the gaps are nice with the

23:33quarter onto the tailgate and try the bumper brackets on as well get them on and then we'll

23:39try the rear bumper on as well it's such a big job just want to make sure everything lines up nice with

23:43this uh so this will be all as a dry fit once i get everything sitting on nice then what we'll do is

23:48we'll make our holes for our rivets flow forms and uh take it back off just give it one more little

23:54clean off with the wax and grease remover or whatever cleaning agent you use and then we start

23:59applying the glue okay just tried on all my parts she's looking good over here the gap going up there

24:15it's pretty nice gap here pretty good consistent gap here if anything i can bring that down slight bit

24:28well it's not a big deal gap here is nice bumper sits nice there's a nice gap with the door then

24:39so what i'll do now is open the door with the tailgate we start making the holes for the core panel

24:47and the end panel and we'll take it all off clean it glue it get it on so coming together nicely

24:56let's go right folks so unfortunately this is where i'm going to leave this video again

25:02usually you hit about 26 27 minutes long and then i leave it for the next time um so we'll have a part

25:07tree in this and hopefully we've finished the whole video on part three i'd say we will so if you liked

25:13the video please like i said give it a little thumbs up or uh if you haven't subscribed please subscribe

25:19and i'll just leave you here with a few kind of in progress pictures of how we've come along this video

25:25and a little sneak into the way we'll look at the end so uh yeah like i said uh if you haven't

25:31subscribed please hit that subscribe button hit me up in the comments on any questions with any tools or

25:35products that we're using and i'm hoping that you're all enjoying the video have a great weekend and

25:41we'll see you in part three next week take it easy

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