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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Omega Pixie on 08 February 2008, 14:33:56
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I am fitting new wishbones and shocks passengers side a doddle drivers side cant see the bolt head Its Under What looks a brake manifold so i undone the bolt by putting weight on the wishbone got th nut off pushed the bolt up to get the wishbone out where did the bolt go? in the subframe ? help
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Not good......done it once before and ended up fishing it out with a magnet.......
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yes that happened to mine when putting my wisbones back in and had such a job of getting it back out :( i used one of them magnetic tools to lift a lost part down behind engine ect) but it did not bend so i had to modify it with a old bendy car ariel not ideal but it was at least 10" down inside the crossmember not nush else will get it out hth
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Happened to me as well, telescopic, magnetic probe helped, along with a string noose.
When you come to refit, tie a piece of thin string around the shank just below the head.
I did long to be able to turn the car upside down and shake it.
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4-5hr sitting with a magnetic DTI base first attached to a 1/4" rod not bendy enough screwed a 1/4 " stud in it and worked a piece of fexible tube on the other end must have got the bolt to the edge of the hole 100 times At one point i had my finger stuck in there and had to reluctantly let go of the bolt to get it out will try the idea of useing a piece of cord on re-assembly. What a day judging by the state of the shocks ive taken off it will be worth it
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I recovered a socket from the subframe using a magnet, broken from an extendable 'wand' type tool and taped to a length of straightened wire coat hangar, which is both soft enough to be bent as you push it inside the frame and also stiff enough to be pushed along as required.
Plenty of manipulation and patience was called for but it worked in the end. There is a limit as to how far you can reach of course. HTH.