Dropped set screw into IMS bearing flange hole

[woodsman]

coat hanger with a magnet crazy glued on it???

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by woodsman

coat hanger with a magnet crazy glued on it???

Not crazy glue. stretched electrical tape with a loop on the end of the coat hanger so the magnet wont slip off. The problem is the screw is likely to stick to the ferrous metal around it and not to the magnet when the magnet is near. I don't know why, but I have data.

Also, a dental mirror and a flashlight can be darned effective at locating lost things in small places.

[BYprodriver]

Maybe you can "Flood" it out by raising the front of the car/ engine & pouring new oil in until it runs out the IMS hole. Set screw probably won't fall out, but should get washed to the IMS hole.

[Jamesp]

So if I were desperate, and I would be, I'd use a dental mirror and a flashlight to spot that sucker. If I could see it, I'd go for a long piece of tagon tube attached to the suction of my shop vac. OD of tagon would be driven by the available clearance at the IMSB. It would certainly suck, and might work. In fact I'd give this a shot even if I could not see the lost fastener and ended up just fishing around. Would it work? Maybe.