Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,814
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From: Northern California
Bikes: Cheltenham-Pedersen racer, Boulder F/S Paris-Roubaix, Varsity racer, '52 Christophe, '62 Continental, '92 Merckx, '75 Limongi, '76 Presto, '72 Gitane SC, '71 Schwinn SS, etc.
I once dropped a really tiny bearing ball while rebuilding a Shimano 747 clipless pedal, then spent way too much time looking, but then looked some more.
I had checked every crack in the garage floor many times, and under the flaps of a cardboard box on the chance that it might have bounced up and into the rather tall-sided box.
Again I checked that box, and a third time, but no ball.
Finally I considered that the ball may have bounced up and fallen into the corrugation along the top edges of the box's sides. I turned it upside down, tapped it, and the ball fell out into plain sight.
Never give up!