in class i installed my new piston rings, so i was ready to put the cylinder back on. my teacher was going to put the cylinder. SOOOOO he was taking the nuts off the engine that holds the cylinder on.(i put things back in there spots so i know where they came from). with my crappy luck, he accidentally dropped one of the nuts inside the case. we doesnt see it or hear inside and we tried to find it with a magnet. THE MAGNET FELL OUT SOMEWHERE AND WERE ASSUMING ITS IN THE ENGINE. SO THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. it cant be sticking to the case because i believe its aluminum, so it has to be near the transmission or anything but the case. Dont get me wrong my teacher is a great guy and a great teacher, he jsut wasnt careful enough. so anyways i originnaly planned on getting my quad put all back together by the end of next week but now it will probabley take alot longer....

does anyone have any ideas?

and would i be able to get a good view from the oil drain i didnt look yet.
ANY IDEAS ARE EXTREMELY APPRECIATED!!HELP ME!!!

 

if you lost the magnet inside then your going to have to split the case to get it out

 

mucky is right, you're gonna have to split the cases....

 

hahah thanks guys but i proved you wrong! i found the magnet on a gear and i got it easily with needle nose. and i also found the nut and got it out with one of those claw things that people use to pick up screws with. SO NO NEED TO SPLIT THE CASE NOW! as soons as i get my head gasket im timng the cams and putting it back together. so ill be ready to ride by this friday!!! depending on when the gasket gets here, WHOO HOO BABY!

 

It's great that you were able to take care of the problem without spliting the case. However the in your face comment was unnessiery. These guy's were only trying to help. Your reply will only lead to when you need help in other way's no responce. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img] Not trying to be critical just an observation.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

your lucky you found it and got it out. or you would of had to split the case

 

yeah i know im extremely lucky haha. and yeah middleagedcrazy i definately had no intentions to rub it in or w/e your sayin. i was jsut excited??... and i know they were trying to help, thats why i made the post. thanks guys

 

When working with the cylinder off, ALWAYS stuff a rag down in the case around the rod to prevent foreign debris from entering the case.

You really lucked out my man!!!

 

hahaha yeah i know, i did have a rag on it before. but i took it out becasue when he dropped it, we were in the process of putting the cylinder on

 

i had a close 1 on tuesday, we were pulling the reeds out of my banshee to port them and my buddy dropped a screw in the case. boy he felt bad!!! he went 2-3 places looking for the telescope magnets tools. everybody just sold their last one. i got lucky and used a magnet off my wife's dillard's name badge she's had laying around for 6 years and got it out. he felt so..... bad , i didnt care to much. i bought the shee in pieces for $500 and they said they blew it up and rebuit it with a diffrent crank, im not sure if it was hot rod or oem. i thought i was going to find out the other day. i guess i'll have to wait for a top end job. im sure i'll be using the old rag trick from now on!!!!