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Old 11-27-2010, 06:23 PM
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So I was installing my new control arms the other day and when I went to pull the socket out it popped off of the extension and into the frame. Any suggestions on how to get it out?
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Old 11-27-2010, 06:28 PM
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use a magnet and walk it back to a hole where you can extract it.
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Old 11-27-2010, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by D0ppleganger
use a magnet and walk it back to a hole where you can extract it.
if you can see it grab it with a Reach Magnet

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magnet on a coat hanger.
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LOL .. so did I ... it's still in there because I've been to lazy to fish it out. If it was rattling I would have retrieved it already.
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Old 11-27-2010, 06:46 PM
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Looks like I'm buying a magnet.
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I soldered a magnet that was about the size of a pencil eraser onto a piece of alum tubing... Works like a charm
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magnet on a coat hanger.
Cow magnet on a coat hanger worked for me fine. I've done the same thing.
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Turn the Jeep upside down and shake vigorously.
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Turn the Jeep upside down and shake vigorously.
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