Tin I remember that Pants story...I'd forgotten all about it until you mentioned it above.
I just spent a week in November pulling the interior out of my Bonanza...including the panels on the rear and top of the forward spar carry through and the trim etc which would be under the front seats normally...there is just no way Pants managed to undo anything meaningful while airborne...it took me hours with the damn thing parked in a hangar.
I snapped this while cleaning all the grime from under my floor...it doesn't show what is immediately above the U/C gear box...but believe me there is nothing you could remove with a screw driver in flight.
If the gear uplock rollers seize
NOTHING will get the gear down...which is why they are the single most important preflight check item in my view...well after fuel anyway.