Lost Nuts in Roll Bars.

[userdude]

If you don't really need to get it out, you could try maybe gluing it in place so it doesn't rattle. If that's possible.

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[Brian_B]

I confess to having a couple of beers at the airport.

I read this title and my first thought was:

WTF are you doing sitting on the roll bar in the first place?

 

[Brian_B]

If you don't really need to get it out, you could try maybe gluing it in place so it doesn't rattle. If that's possible.

I also confess to doing this more than once on a few things I couldn’t fish out. Silicone caulking

 

[PrepVet]

I dropped a small screw that just happened to fall into a hole in the carpet and the metal floor near the seat mounts. The trick I used was to just tape a small magnet to my pinky finger and was able to reach it. Using my finger let me flex and feel for where the screw had rolled. I dunno if that trick will work here.

The roll cage structure there is just an empty tube - nothing inside. Do you know where the nut currently sits? The hole on the side of the cage near the front (green arrow) is a bit larger than the holes on the top and looks like a good access point. Maybe shine a light in one to the top holes and use a stick to try and kick the nut & bolt forward until you can use that forward side hole to grab them with a magnet.

Thank you sweet 8lbs little baby jesus!

I picked the kit up at Walmart below and since that hole is in the side of the roll bar I was able to get them out in less than 2 minutes.

now I feel like a schmuck living with that awful rattle for these last couple months.

 

[DarthLincoln]

Nice work! I‘ve done my fair share of dropping fasteners where they ought not to go. Those retrieval tools are a must have!

Also, if you do not have a borescope, a small telescoping mirror can be a useful tool to have.

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