Whereas Aaron Cash's video was posted on X says it's a “35-second pull-out repair,” demonstrated on the Cyber Takeover occasion in Lengthy Seashore, the video begins with the required drilling rig already in place.
With it on the pedal, Tesla employees drill a gap as specified and set up a rivet to safe the pedal so it gained't come off as a result of “unapproved modification” throughout manufacturing that made it extra slippery than supposed.
The service bulletin posted by Tesla reveals that the method has a number of mandatory steps, together with measuring “the space between the underside of the aluminum accelerator pedal and the underside of the pedal assist” earlier than work begins. If the underside of the pad is 5mm or extra from the underside of the pedal, then you must exchange the whole pedal meeting.
As soon as every part is prepared, he ought to examine the work with a mirror and clear any particles left by the method within the buyer's $99,000+ truck, which got here with an unreliable fuel pedal.