Screw Sucked Into Head of Generator

[Sandy25]

I am being told a screw was sucked into the head of our generator for a 2012 Forest River Sunseeker. Has anyone heard of that issue before?
Thxs!

[midnightsadie]

yep we need the hole story.

[Old-Biscuit]

Sandy25 wrote:
I am being told a screw was sucked into the head of our generator for a 2012 Forest River Sunseeker. Has anyone heard of that issue before?
Thxs!

Who told you this?

[gbopp]

GordonThree wrote:
generator head is the alternator / dynamo, which almost all are open frame. since it deals with powerful magnetic fields, not hard to imagine a wayward screw being drawn in.

still begs the question, where did this screw come from?

The OP is a new member, first post. A little more info would be helpful.
I think if a screw was sucked into the cylinder head, it would cause major damage.
A small screw stuck to the magnetized generator head could have been picked up almost anywhere. Including the factory.

[GordonThree]

generator head is the alternator / dynamo, which almost all are open frame. since it deals with powerful magnetic fields, not hard to imagine a wayward screw being drawn in.

still begs the question, where did this screw come from?

[gbopp]

Is the OP talking about the Engine Cylinder Head or the Generator Head? :?

[navegator]

Following the KISS principle, what and who worked on the generator last.

There is no way that a screw is going past the air filter unless the air filter was off while the generator was running, then the person doing this lost a screw and was succked into the unit.

If the generator was running OK prior to this incident, then there is a mistdry to be solved, who done it.

navegator

[j-d]

I've seen one of the screws that holds the choke or throttle plate of a mower carburetor falling out and being sucked into the engine's intake. Luckily, the intake valve in that particular engine didn't open far enough to let the screw into the cylinder. It only held the valve open so the engine quit for no compression.

If the ONAN had the air filter in place, the carb would be the only source of small screws. Pack Rat that I am, I looked at an ONAN Micro (4KY) carb. There are two screws in the choke plate and two in the the throttle plate. I think your carb has three or less screws still in place.

[Cousin_Eddie93]

Makes me think, who put it there? Seems kind of impossible unless the carb was removed.

[K_Charles]

Where did the screw come from? I have seen the screw that holds the throttle plate and the chock to there shafts but always after someone was meddling with it. A screw can't get thru a good air filter.