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Old 01-12-2010, 10:35 AM
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Default Getting Foreign objects out of the bellhousing.
Hey guys, I screwed up and dropped a bolt into my bellhousing of my transmission while trying to bleed the clutch system. Is there an easy way to get it out out of am I pretty much SOL?
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Try some mechanical fingers or an extendo magnet.
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Try some mechanical fingers or an extendo magnet.
pretty much the only option I have at this point.
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Old 01-12-2010, 11:26 AM
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Think it would hurt anything if I just drove it around like that? It's pretty small.
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Originally Posted by LS1vazquez
Think it would hurt anything if I just drove it around like that? It's pretty small.
A foreign object inside a piece of machinery that has constantly(almost) rotating gears among other parts in a housing that shakes? Sounds real safe to me


Sorry to be sarcastic, but I wouldn't risk it!
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looks like someones dropping their tranny in the near future!

i wouldnt drive it with ANYTHING in there.
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I wouldn't leave it there under any circumstances. It may be small, but guaranteed it's big enough to destroy your clutch if it managed to get in there.
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