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

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Welcome to the third 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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00:00up on this select bench with a center up here and what we're gonna do is we're gonna drop it on it

00:05then and then we're gonna start cutting her all up because we have all these parts to go in the

00:09whole rear end frame rails trunk floor rear panel and it's all obviously getting a quarter panel so

00:15anyway here we go we're gonna be taking her off here and just to let you all know if anyone hasn't

00:20seen any of these there's a part one and part two which is on my channel so go back and watch that

00:24if you want because it will give you more of an understanding about where we are and how we got

00:29these frame rails out and how we got them in this is the last video of this car and this one we're

00:35going to be putting the end panel and the quarter panel on so yeah like i said let's go back if you

00:39want to catch up anyway i hope you enjoy this one and if you have been watching from the start thank

00:45you for watching there you go that's when we had it all lined up that's where it left is last week

00:49so let's get going

00:51quick little walkthrough on this what it is asking for is

01:01nothing along here just glue along here just glue along here just glue along here so i'll just glue it

01:11and clamped and then up here one's s8 deans nothing there and then there's more s8 deans and s08s

01:20there's a mixture of a few of them down here as well and 4.8s along here s8 and s08 there as well

01:27and a few spot welds a few spot welds in here and another s8 and a few plug welds so it's a bit of a

01:34mix match what's going on here you can see these triangles are spot welds and these ones are

01:41plug welds obviously the printer here printed out in black and white you can print these out in color

01:45and it's way better or highlight or just look on your phone so any bit of everything going on with

01:51this one bit of welding bit of spot welding gluing and riveting let's get going

01:56okay so what i'm doing here is i'm just going through making sure i know where my 6.5 structures are

02:03going where my s08s and s18s are going and once i have it all written up then what i'm going to do

02:08is drill me holes get it all prepped before we start applying the glue

02:11and here what i'm doing is just put a bit of masking tape along here just use as a guide

02:21for when i get my air saw and i cut my joint what i usually do is i overlap my quarter panel

02:26and i cut in between the two panels and get a nice straight cut

02:30okay so we have all our holes ready

02:43up here all our holes ready along there along here

02:54so we are good to go we're going to take the panels off clean off the car again clean off the

03:02panels and then get some glue on this and get going anywhere where i've cleaned with aluminum

03:07we're going to re-clean it just brightly uh quickly sorry because uh well it's got spray

03:11because it starts oxidizing within 20 minutes or something so you want to have a nice and fresh

03:16so we'll do that now let's go

03:18so yeah like i just said bare aluminum will oxidize within 15 to 20 minutes so i'll just

03:29get a little bit of scotch brite on a sanding disc and i'll just run over the body of the car

03:33get it all nice and clean then i'll run over my parts i'll clean it all off then with like wax and

03:38grease remover clean up my area and then what we'll do is i'm going to start applying the glue

03:42here we go we are using a 2098 fuse or structural glue so we use on the other previous jobs as well

03:49this is tesla certified once i apply it on all the panels i'll spread it on with a spreader and

03:55making sure i'm covering all the bare aluminum or bare metal whatever you're applying onto

03:58once we get that done then we'll apply the panels on and start getting our rivets in

04:12so

04:19so

04:21okay slow form rivets the express 800 it's going to compress it in there

04:46there you go

04:53Now we'll clean all off that excess glue now in a minute.

05:23So, for anyone who doesn't know what flowform rivets are, they're kind of similar to self-piercing

05:43rivets.

05:44The only thing about it is, self-piercing rivets, you don't have to create a hole because it's

05:48in the name.

05:49Actually, the rivet will just pierce straight through the metal and create its own hole.

05:52Flowform, though, is not like that.

05:54You have to create the hole and they just push the flowform through it and then you have

05:57to squeeze it with this Express 800.

05:59So, that's the only real difference.

06:06Let's go in here, an SOA and an SAT and all it is is the length of the rivet.

06:13So, wait.

06:14Let's go in here, an SOA and an SAT.

06:31So, yeah.

06:32So, yeah.

06:33Like I said, the SOA would be a shorter rivet, the SOA would be a bit longer.

06:46And all it is is that it's going through thicker gauge material.

06:49So, like the SAT could be going through three panels while the SOA could be going through

06:53two panels.

06:54They're the same diameter, though.

06:55So, that's the difference between them.

06:57Yeah, we have a few more on the air panel.

07:04SOA, SAT, great.

07:22Same to the far side.

07:45Here we go.

07:50Nice.

07:57We have also another one in there, about to get a bigger head for that.

08:08Okay, just in case anyone didn't know what I was talking about, that's the arm we were

08:13using.

08:14Small arm.

08:15I need to put a bigger arm on it to get to that one, that one up there, and that one.

08:26So, let's get them ones done now.

08:33Nice.

08:34We can do that.

08:38We can do that.

08:44That's it.

08:45I'm sorry.

08:47That's it.

08:48We can do that.

08:52We can take a bigger arm.

08:53We can just keep向き.

09:24Right, so moving on quickly, we have glue on the inside of this arch, so we need to roll that edge quickly.

09:39So what I'm going to do is I get my dolly, hold it right along the edge there, put a bit of pressure on it while I fold the arch using my panel hammer.

09:46Just run the hammer all the way along it until we reach the end.

09:49Okay, we just rolled the edge.

09:55Sorry about this, when you have it glued, your time is limited, so I still have to get the spot welder and spot weld here.

10:02Right, let me show you this.

10:03So, the edge is all rolled.

10:14What I'll do is now, before we send it to the paint shop, I'll seal this as well.

10:17That's what you just see me doing there in that time lapse.

10:28Now, next thing I need to do, spot welder and then the meek welder.

10:33Anyway, let's go get the spot welder.

10:34We have CTR 9000, we're going to do that spot weld now, so...

10:39Do a spot weld here, spot weld there and a spot weld here.

10:42Let's go.

10:46Let's go.

10:47Let's go.

10:51Let's go.

10:57Let's go.

11:01Let's go.

11:21Let's go.

11:25Let's go.

11:26Let's go.

11:26Now, done, spot weld here, spot there, spot there, one there, done, now to do a few plugs

11:51along here, and obviously do our welds here as well, Jesus, let's go, okay, doing our

12:02joint welds, what I usually do is, I'll do stitches first, if any of the panel isn't

12:09lined up just slightly, I'll just have a little screwdriver and I'll just kind of twist it

12:12a little bit, just stick it in between the two panels and bend it to where it's nice

12:15and flush, just do your stitches, once they get it all stitched up, what I'll do is then

12:20I'll weld it down in sections, just to stop overheating in certain areas, which will

12:25obviously stop warpage as well.

12:27Okay people, so we're back, we have it all welded down there, we have a bit of glue here,

12:51that's gone off, that's set, we can take all these clamps off, what we'll do is, we'll

12:58start grinding this down, so yeah, it's your S18s, your glue, your weld, your glue, plug welds

13:12along here, we'll grind them down as well, so let's keep going.

13:17Okay people, just had a little clean up, gonna get that bench out there, we are at the filler

13:38stage, what I did was, I just sanded it down, got a DA to it, so you can see the weld is

13:45all here, that's just a bit of a low spot there, it's alright, put a filler over it, so you see

13:51what they want, just want glue here, they don't want you welding against the high strength steel,

13:55so, mig down, all the way down, same there, just want a bit of glue here, so what we do is put a

14:00little bit of filler here, blend it all in, same up here, they just wanted a bit of glue here,

14:06a little small weld here, a bit of glue there, this one here is glue all along there, it's all solid,

14:13so what I'll do is, I've had people just leave that now, because it's covered by the window,

14:16but I might just put a little bit of filler over it, a bit of filler here, a bit of filler there,

14:21and usually what I do with this edge, because I roll it, I'll just give it a little foil, just to

14:24make it flat, because you can probably, I don't know if the camera's going to show, from rolling the edge,

14:30you just get slight little wobbles in it, and then this here, because we have the, this piece here,

14:37this blue piece, this comes with the quarter, but you need to take it off, and keep the original on

14:44the car, so while doing that, sometimes you get a little bit of damage along here, sometimes you

14:49don't, sometimes you do, so just give that a little foil as well, just to get it nice and straight,

14:54okay, it's coming along though, I like this stage now, I hated that stage, right, filler time, let's go,

15:08okay, so like I said, onto the filler stage, if anybody's wondering what kind of filler I'm using

15:13here, I'm sure a few years now, I'm using 3M Platinum Plus, I've used this now for a few years

15:19over here in Canada, and I absolutely love it, and what I do when I'm mixing it up is,

15:24I add a little bit of resin to it, I think it almost makes it like a self-leveling filler,

15:29just makes it a little bit more watery, and easier to apply, I think also it gives you a little bit

15:35more time before it goes sets, you know what I mean, sometimes you're putting filler on,

15:38especially on a hot day, and it goes off, and you're only halfway through it, sandpaper wise,

15:43I usually use 80, and walk my way all the way up to 180, sometimes I finish with 320,

15:51but what I'm doing here now, this is 80 here, I use a 3M block, also my hand as well for a few

15:56curved areas, I'll do this top joint as well, once I get it to about 90%, I'll finish it all off with a

16:03bit of 180, and down at the bottom joint we have this body line here, so I'll use masking tape,

16:08a bit of Geico, just sand it down, put a bit of Geico on and take the tape off, and it just shows you

16:13where your line is, gives you a visual, so you know it's nice and straight, and after we get all

16:19this filler done, what I usually do is, I'll move on to the arch, when I get onto the arch, you'll see,

16:24I'll get the body foil, and I'll give it a foil, sand it down here, get back to bare metal first,

16:30when I get at the bare metal, what I'll do is, I'll just give it a foil there, just to make sure it's

16:34nice and flat, like I said earlier on the video, when you roll the edge, it just puts a few little

16:39wobbles in it, once I file it down, I'll just buzz over again, 80, all the way up to 180, get it nice

16:49and smooth, okay, so sealer, I get a lot of questions about sealer, I just use a normal sealer

16:56gun sometimes as well, we have the fancy ones here, but I don't use them all the time, just get a bit of

17:00masking tape, a brush, get your sealer, just put it on there and spread it out with the brush, once

17:05you have it all spread out, then I just horizontally, just brush it along each side, just to kind of

17:11blend in with the OEM factory sealer, here you go on this one, you can see the right side quarter panel,

17:17I'm just going to blend the sealer in with the original sealer, once I have that all done, what

17:21I do is just peel off the tape, and then I'll just get a cloth with a bit of wax and grease remover,

17:27and I'll just go around the edges, just to make sure I can just touch it up, make sure it's nice

17:31and clean, but it's always turned out well for me, if you haven't tried it, give it a bash, see what

17:36you think, also here, I'll just get a board, I'll just spread a load of sealer onto it, and I'll just use

17:47the brush, just to do the arch, and just blend it in, get it nice and sealed and protected, starting to see

17:53light at the tunnel, let's go, that's it folks, it's all done, have it sealed there, you don't need

18:01any fancy guns, just need a brush, masking tape, seal it all up, seal up here, what we'll do is we'll take

18:16the tailgate out and the door off, just checking the gaps, but it's all done, it's going to go to the

18:20paint shop now, it's sealed in here as well, around there, so all the fillers done, gaps looks well,

18:38so this will go, filler done, filler, this will go to the paint shop now, we're going to take a lift off

18:45the bench, go get primed, and when we put it back together, I'll do a video on that as well, so

18:51hope you've enjoyed it so far, if you just hadn't hit that subscribe button, please hit it, or like,

18:55or share, or any questions, leave in the comments, and I'll try and get back to you, but anyway,

19:03whole new rear end, these weren't fun, not gonna lie, they were not fun, the middle play,

19:11but it turned out well, god only know as many rivets as in this car now,

19:18couldn't have done it without me bet, hey buddy, me block of wood,

19:23that's the wrong side, boom, that's fresher,

19:28anyway, thanks for watching,

19:32okay, so push the car over to the hoist, what we're going to do is now to slide the arms underneath

19:37the car, lift it off the bench, get the bench out, and then while I have it up in the air,

19:42I still have to seal underneath the trunk floor, so once I get her up, I'll just mask it up again,

19:47just the same way on the end panel, mask it up, apply some sealer, get her all nice and sealed,

19:53and then we'll take it down, and get it into the paint shop,

20:08all right folks, so I forgot to record it in the booth, before I can come around the back of the booth here,

20:24so there is the model 3, it's all sealed, he's spraying sealer on it now,

20:33say hi john,

20:38he's busy, I'll leave him alone, anyway, spray a load of sealer on it,

20:43let that cure, then he'll probably start with his base,

20:48right, let's go, what's in this booth,

20:53Lamborghini, nice back from paint, going to start putting this thing together,

21:00have to leave the headliner out, it's a new headliner in the box, hair bags, seat belts,

21:05but she turned out well, here she is all inside,

21:17so these wires go through these holes, just have to connect them, so you can move the car,

21:22but it's all painted, put a bit of sound deadening on it, and then

21:25we will start working on all this, get it all done, anyway, let's get going!

21:41so there you go, we've been doing a lot on it there, got the seats in just there,

22:09we've got the whole new headliner in here, just put the new curtain airbag in here,

22:16new trim here, new windows trim, new C, new RCM module which goes in underneath this center console,

22:26all this trim was out, all this trim was out, all this trim was out, anyway it's coming

22:32along nicely, now with the quarter glass, strip rail, door, bumper, tailgate, getting there,

22:38all this trim here, let's keep going!

22:51right everyone, there she is, she's all polished, nice and shiny, she's going to get her now,

23:05wash now, customer will be here in a while, and all the gaps look well, if anyone followed this

23:10whole story, all the way to the end, from the start, this whole rear end got a whole,

23:14the hole got shoved right over, we had to replace the frame rails all the way back, tub,

23:18floor, m panel, quarter panel, it was a big one, but looks well, gaps all match up with the other side,

23:28everything's nice, everything went well, there's no codes on the dash,

23:33so she opens and closes nice, there you go,

23:40it was a big job, nice to do big jobs every now and then, so if you have any questions,

23:48just hit me up in the comments, and i'll get back to you as soon as i can,

23:51give the video now a thumbs up, or share if you want, so thanks for watching anyway, see you in the next one!

23:59right everyone, this is the end of the video, i'm sure you've probably guessed that, anyway,

24:06you're going to see the car finished, i'll just leave you with a few pictures of start to finish,

24:11and like i said, if you haven't already subscribed, please subscribe, i'll give it a like and a share,

24:15this is kind of what helps me get this channel up and running, keeps me motivated to do it as well,

24:20yeah, if you have any questions about the tools, or the products that we use, just hit me up in the

24:27comments, and i'll get back to you as soon as i can, i just want to say thanks for the support as well,

24:33and i'll see you next week, i have a few interesting jobs coming up, a few mclarens as well, so

24:38stay tuned, have a great weekend everyone!

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