Got my new 959 a week ago and was putting a new tail tidy on it as you do. I accidentally dropped a screw from the passenger seat which rolled down and went under the riders seat i could hear 1 or 2 'clunk' noises as it dropped coming from the mid section of the bike. I can't find it at all. Can i just ride it and all should be fine and it should drop out from under? Or is this going to cause some serious damage? It's a relatively small screw and i got a replacement one anyway so i'm thinking if i just take it out and ride slow do some braking it should just come out.
It may have fallen out already. You've replaced it, so I wouldn't give it another thought. Hows the bike?
I’ve a special tool just for this purpose..... it’s an old Audi A4 oil dipstick with a small but very powerful magnet bonded to the end. It’s literally never failed me! Longer than one of them fancy telescopic jobbies, it’s super flexible, and gets into places that no man has ever been before obviously zero use to you right now, but might be worth having a little fish around with something similar. I promise you that you will do some similar again always pays to be prepared
Yeah i will have a dig around tomorrow again before taking it out but if i can't find it i can't find it, just makes me paranoid about damaging a new bike. Bike is awesome mate, i will give it a proper blast this weekend when the weather is nice
Personally if I drop a bolt etc, I make every effort to find it to put my mind at rest. It'll probably be okay, but those things get stuck in or on a moving part and it could cause some damage so a good hunt around with a magnet isn't a bad idea. I've also got one with a retractable claw for non magnetic parts, but you have to know where they are of course.
Thanks for the tips guys, i had a good look around earlier and i honestly couldn't find it. I just got back from a hours ride and couldn't hear any rattling and the bike rode fine apart from the smell of heat from the engine/exhaust when i got back which i heard is normal because the Panigale gets crazy hot and it's 18 degrees out today - will have another look later
Just to be safe i called the garage and he said if you've dropped it under the riders seat it should be fine, not ideal but should be fine as it can't really go anywhere. I'm taking it in a few weeks anyway so i can ask them to try have a fish around for it
I have a flexible magnet looks like a pen that’s ideal for dropped screws having done something similar once upon a time
I managed to drop one of the throttle housing screws behind the fairing after I fitted the spacer kit on my 899 and it did not make it to the ground. I was not happy. I borrowed a telescopic tool and had to remove the side fairing to find it. Thankfully it landed on top of a flat surface. I've never seen such a steady hand retrieving it once the magnet got hold of it.
I have often thought that there are cases where after the initial small sounds of the falling item, the silence is when it has passed through a portal into another universe.
Do you know which Audi model ?/ that sounds a useful item. I do have a telescopic jobby, but the end is too large for small orifices
If you can get hold of a ruined hard disk drive ..... ? It's got a small , but mighty powerful Neodymium magnet inside . No need to bother with the tiny screws in the disk drive ..... just rip the case open . My "picker-upper" / finder was made with the springy strip from inside an old windscreen wiper . BTW - that's a very useful bit of metal ...... for all kinds of things .... Note :- not all screws are ferromagnetic ..... I recently dropped one inside a fitted fairing panel , but I couldn't pick it up with the magnet gizmo...
https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/laser-magnet-and-claw-tool-121916.html https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand...on-led-claw/magnetic-pick-up-tool-710299.html
Yep. I once dropped a bolt when changing the air filter on a bike and after 4 hours of looking, I couldn't find it. Turns put it had fallen down the inlet manifold and was about to be sucked into the engine next time I fired it up. It's horrible if you don't find it though. A couple of weeks ago one of my bikes was partially dismantled and when putting it back together I dropped a nut somewhere in the area of the chain/nearside swingarm. Looked for ages ad tried fishing around with a magnet but couldn't find it. When I went to wheel the bike backwards out of my workshop the rear wheel would do a half turn but then jam. Eventually I got it out into the garden and when wheeling it forcefully back up the ramp there was a bang/boing sound and the wheel freed itself, which I imagine was the nut being ejected from wherever it was lodged. I rode the bike carefully for about 10 mins and I can't see any damage but it is giving me cold sweats....
