kylemorley
Member
My weekend project was to get the remains of my 8n's bendix
drive out of the clutch compartment so as to be ready when the
mailman brings the new one.
I started out with an old SnapOn magnetic extendable
pickerupper which has a pretty strong, skinny 3"x3/4" magnet,
going in through the starter hole. The sliding handle clearly
didn't offer enough flexibility so I removed the handle and taped
the magnet to a coathanger which could be bent to control
where the magnet went, but was flexible enough to keep it from
getting stuck..
After playing with both setups for a few hours I have not
encountered a trace of the gear. I am beginning to wonder if
this method is not just a folk myth of the n-series community.
Reading over posts on the subject I notice that while a lot of
posters suggested the magnet method, there were only one or
two that reported actually getting it to work.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has gotten it to
work, and details how.
drive out of the clutch compartment so as to be ready when the
mailman brings the new one.
I started out with an old SnapOn magnetic extendable
pickerupper which has a pretty strong, skinny 3"x3/4" magnet,
going in through the starter hole. The sliding handle clearly
didn't offer enough flexibility so I removed the handle and taped
the magnet to a coathanger which could be bent to control
where the magnet went, but was flexible enough to keep it from
getting stuck..
After playing with both setups for a few hours I have not
encountered a trace of the gear. I am beginning to wonder if
this method is not just a folk myth of the n-series community.
Reading over posts on the subject I notice that while a lot of
posters suggested the magnet method, there were only one or
two that reported actually getting it to work.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has gotten it to
work, and details how.