Trick for removing poppet springs and balls

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Trick for removing poppet springs and balls

Post by abbylind » Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:37 pm

Ive been going through the throws of a locked up transmission. With Mr Witts guidance I was able to remove the frozen bolt to the 2nd 3rd gear poppet spring and ball. The spring came out fairly easily but removing the ball seemed like a problem.
I heard some members used a small jewelers magnet to remove it, but I didnt have one.
I came up with a 6" 1/4 extension and slapped a small rare earth magnet on the side, this made it magnetic!
Came out with no problem!

Hope this helps
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