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any signs of an optical encoder or two? Perhaps they’re counting slats
Didn't notice anything like that, but didn't look for it either.
glad that you were able to remedy your situationWell...we did it!! Spent the whole afternoon doing exploratory surgery on the R1T Tonneau fiasco. After 3 service requests, and not hearing back at all, we were desperate. Ended up doing a partial tonneau-lectomy. Not for the faint-of-heart, but not the most difficult procedure either. You need a few of the right tools, though. Ended up taking off all the plastic bed edge-caps and the cover over the tonneau box below the rear window. Had to pull out the tonneau rails to get 3 of the panels un-jammed and removed. Then, when things were loosened up, the tonneau motor was able to pull the cockeyed panel down into the stack in the box.
We'll just leave the bed open and didn't want to try to actually fix it, only to have it lock up again. Not the perfect solution, but at least now we can use the entire open bed.
Now, we wait for the re-designed replacement when Rivian can get around to it--I'm thinking that will be a long wait.
Here's what the tonneau gears look like in two corners underneath the panels.
If you want no tonneau, just leave it open?
yes…leave it open and wait for an aftermarket solution
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By the time we start getting deliveries in canada, they’ll have this thing dialed
@Lil'O Annie,Here's a few photos of the undersides of the tonneau panels to help you understand more about how these work. The edge-teeth on the panels are metal with a plastic coating, so seem fairly substantial.
I'm not sure why there are exposed areas of metal on the edges (last photo). I didn't scratch the coating off...they were that way when we pulled them out of the railings. Either they chipped off during use or were that way when installed.
And, I should mention, I didn't notice any chipping of the plastic coating on the panel teeth shown in these photos. Didn't get a chance to inspect all the panels in the set that remained in the box stack, however.
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Or my favorite “Looks good on paper!”
It's probably worth a try. Some people think it helps. For us, the dust is unavoidable and I don't think dry lube would have saved us from what happened. We started seeing problems the first week before much dust had a chance to accumulate. I heard very loud pops occasionally in our top as it retracted. When we were picking it up and tested it with the delivery person there, it made a loud pop and we asked, "What was that!?!" Then asked how we go about cleaning down inside the panel-carrier box. He said Service has to do it because you have to take so many pieces off to get into the box, which we now know is VERY true.
That was my thought too.
Dry lube is the only solution. To anyone having problems, at the risk of stating the obvious - don't even think about using a petroleum (WD40, PBBlaster, etc.) or silicon semi-liquid (Fuchs Silkolene motorcycle chain lube) lubricant. It will become a gummy, sticky, dirt attracting mess.
