On 27/10/2017 20:29, me wrote:
On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 7:00:41 PM UTC+1, Nick Odell wrote:

...you don't even have to be tidy about it: treat the faulty driver as
totally sacrificial and concentrate on preserving the chassis.

Nick

You're not wrong but I really want the driver out in one piece as I intend to repair that as well!

Repair it in situ?