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  • Paul
    • Jan 2026

    #1

    I found the nut I dropped down the cam tunnel

    This is off my 82 GS1100G. I lost a nut down my cam tunnel last year and been putting off stripping the engine... I did all sorts, I tipped it upside down and shook it, took off the sump, fished around with a magnet...... nothing worked till I got my camera.... check out how good they are.....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NzIBdIZDo&feature=youtu.be

    Having a Good day!!!
    Last edited by Guest; 06-09-2014, 01:24 AM.
  • Steve
    GS Whisperer
    • Jun 2005
    • 35924
    • southwest oHIo

    #2
    Great find!

    Where it is sitting, it's a good thing you found it.

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    • robertbarr
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      • Sep 2005
      • 2721
      • Joliet, Illinois

      #3
      Wow, that tool has potential for all kinds of situations. Did you manage to get the nut out of there yet? Looks like 100% certain mechanical mayhem if you had just hoped for the best...

      With a long enough camera, you could do your own colonoscopies!
      and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
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      • Paul

        #4
        Originally posted by robertbarr
        Wow, that tool has potential for all kinds of situations. Did you manage to get the nut out of there yet? Looks like 100% certain mechanical mayhem if you had just hoped for the best...

        With a long enough camera, you could do your own colonoscopies!
        lol yeh I stuck it down my throat and that freaked a few out I think.... good bit of kit, Wireless and HD works with the PC or android/iphone

        cheap too, about $100

        not got it out yet but the camera comes with hook and mag attachment, working on my bandit at the moment.... just happy to know where it is

        this is the camera (but I bought mine from a European supplier)

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        • Guest

          #5
          I am just awe struck by technology today. It's crazy you can hook that thing up to you phone. Good luck getting it out, should be a lot easier now.

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          • Guest

            #6
            The possibilities....

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            • Wallowgreen
              Forum Mentor
              Past Site Supporter
              • Sep 2007
              • 953
              • Navarre, Florida

              #7
              Originally posted by robertbarr

              With a long enough camera, you could do your own colonoscopies!
              Eewwww!!!!
              It's smoke that make electronic components work.
              Every time I've let the smoke out by mistake, they never work again.
              '80 GS250T... long gone... And back!
              '86 Honda Bol D'Or... very sadly long gone
              '82 GS1000SZ
              '82 GS1100GL
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              • Guest

                #8
                Originally posted by Paul
                This is off my 82 GS1100G. I lost a nut down my cam tunnel last year and been putting off stripping the engine... I did all sorts, I tipped it upside down and shook it, took off the sump, fished around with a magnet...
                Awesome that you found it without a tear down. I feel your stress, I once dropped a valve shim on my 97 ZX-9 onto the head and had a similar experience, except the cam chain tunnel was plugged with a rag. Took a couple of nights of poking around with a magnet before I finally found it. Until then I was freaking out that I was going to be pulling the head and stripping things until I found that shim. It's a great feeling when you hear the "clink" as the magnet finds what you are so desperately searching for.

                That camera was worth every penny of the $100 just to know where that nut is sitting. Great picture quality, too.


                Mark

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                • eil
                  Forum Sage
                  • Dec 2012
                  • 3062
                  • SE Michigan

                  #9
                  Not sure if it's the same one, but HF has cameras like this on sale for $70 right now: http://www.harborfreight.com/digital...era-67979.html
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                  • Steve
                    GS Whisperer
                    • Jun 2005
                    • 35924
                    • southwest oHIo

                    #10
                    Originally posted by eil
                    Not sure if it's the same one, but HF has cameras like this on sale for $70 right now: http://www.harborfreight.com/digital...era-67979.html
                    That is the one that I have.

                    Works decently-well.

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                    sigpic
                    mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
                    hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
                    #1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
                    #2 son: 1980 GS1000G
                    Family Portrait
                    Siblings and Spouses
                    Mom's first ride
                    Want a copy of my valve adjust spreadsheet for your 2-valve per cylinder engine? Send me an e-mail request (not a PM)
                    (Click on my username in the upper-left corner for e-mail info.)

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