Dropped screw into engine
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Dropped screw into engine
Hey everybody, I'm new to HDforums.
Anyway, I recently bought a 2014 XL883L. I was installing a Kuryakyn air cleaner and to get to a few screws you have to take out the injectors. I messed up and forgot to cover those open holes, and dropped a screw right down the port in the front cylinder. My first action (after cursing profusely) was to try to fish it out with a magnet on a flexible arm. No luck, since the screw turned out to be nonferrous (tested on an identical screw). I next tried duct tape, sticky side out, on a wire, but that didn't work either. I can hear the screw moving around when I hit it with the tape, but I'm not able to pick it up. Any suggestions on how to get to it? I'm going to rent a borescope tomorrow so that I can at least see where it is, but I still have no idea how to get it out without completely disassembling the engine, which I very much want to avoid. Thanks for any help and suggestions.
-Adam
Anyway, I recently bought a 2014 XL883L. I was installing a Kuryakyn air cleaner and to get to a few screws you have to take out the injectors. I messed up and forgot to cover those open holes, and dropped a screw right down the port in the front cylinder. My first action (after cursing profusely) was to try to fish it out with a magnet on a flexible arm. No luck, since the screw turned out to be nonferrous (tested on an identical screw). I next tried duct tape, sticky side out, on a wire, but that didn't work either. I can hear the screw moving around when I hit it with the tape, but I'm not able to pick it up. Any suggestions on how to get to it? I'm going to rent a borescope tomorrow so that I can at least see where it is, but I still have no idea how to get it out without completely disassembling the engine, which I very much want to avoid. Thanks for any help and suggestions.
-Adam
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I don't know how large the ports are, but is there any way you could fit a narrow tube into the cylinder and snag it with some sort of vacuum? Aquarium air line, duct tape as a reducer, and a vacuum cleaner hose? That's what I'd try, anyway, even if it does sound crazy.
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I don't know how large the ports are, but is there any way you could fit a narrow tube into the cylinder and snag it with some sort of vacuum? Aquarium air line, duct tape as a reducer, and a vacuum cleaner hose? That's what I'd try, anyway, even if it does sound crazy.
http://www.ezvacuum.com/vacuum-clean...FQowaQodglEA_w
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How big is the opening? If OP knows someone with a Shop Vac they sell microtools for them. I had some but rarely used them.
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Compressed Air
Try opening the throttle all the way and fish a tube down there and force compressed air in, as much pressure as you can get and see if it comes flying out. Be careful to catch it, put a tarp around you to catch it if it dose, you want confirmation that it is in your hand and not in the engine. Good Luck!
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Try opening the throttle all the way and fish a tube down there and force compressed air in, as much pressure as you can get and see if it comes flying out. Be careful to catch it, put a tarp around you to catch it if it dose, you want confirmation that it is in your hand and not in the engine. Good Luck!
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