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Yesterday. Heard a pop and later sounded like I was dragging a chain. Ended up realizing it might have been in the axle. Pulled the wheel off to discover the driver's front axle bolt was just completely loose in the wheel. Not driving the truck again until service takes a look at it.

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Yesterday. Heard a pop and later sounded like I was dragging a chain. Ended up realizing it might have been in the axle. Pulled the wheel off to discover the driver's front axle bolt was just completely loose in the wheel. Not driving the truck again until service takes a look at it.

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Let me say again, THANK YOU to all of the R1T early deliveries for working through a lot of the early delivery bugs and issues.

Hoping all of this helps identify build and administrative corrections to smooth out the R1S deliveries.
 

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Nothing new, just took a weekly trip to forest....then I woke up.
 

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I put some satin black vinyl in a couple sections of the tail gate to change the look just a little. I like it better with than without. Biggest job is removing the letters then reapplying after new adhesive installed on each letter.
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How did you go about taking the letters off?
 

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Yesterday. Heard a pop and later sounded like I was dragging a chain. Ended up realizing it might have been in the axle. Pulled the wheel off to discover the driver's front axle bolt was just completely loose in the wheel. Not driving the truck again until service takes a look at it.

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hope nothing serous
 

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hope nothing serous
It's probably just an assembly quirk. If it were any other vehicle I would pull the whole hub assembly off and check everything myself, but Rivian needs to make sure whatever caused this isn't a systemic problem.
 

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How did you go about taking the letters off?
Take a heat gun and CAREFULLY heat the letter. Use monofilament fishing line and slide it between the letter base and the metal in a smooth motion. Keep the line taught between your hands. It will come right off with zero damage. You may be able to reuse the adhesive, but I usually replace it with new 3M taping.
 

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Take a heat gun and CAREFULLY heat the letter. Use monofilament fishing line and slide it between the letter base and the metal in a smooth motion. Keep the line taught between your hands. It will come right off with zero damage. You may be able to reuse the adhesive, but I usually replace it with new 3M taping.
If you do not have fishing line, dental floss works as well.
 

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I drove mine to work. 😞


But, had fun at work!

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Let me say again, THANK YOU to all of the R1T early deliveries for working through a lot of the early delivery bugs and issues.

Hoping all of this helps identify build and administrative corrections to smooth out the R1S deliveries.
Yes, thank you early order holders and deliveries. Keep posting issues. Do any early Model S adopters remember when the rear bumpers weren't bolted on correctly?
 
 




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