WillC Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Keep the car in my garage since I have owned the car. Just purchased n indoor cover, came within two days which I was very impressed with. Asked the company who supplied it whether thee would be a hole for the aerial ( antenna ) situated on the hood, the reply was no you jus unscrew it when the over is on. Rather than do this each time I took the aerial off to put the cover on an mad a cross cut in the cover in line with the aerial so I would have to take it in and out each time. When I took the aerial off it was very very tight. When I wet to replace it the thread it snapped partially in the base of the aerial. . So I now need to replace the old aerial, but before that I need to get out the snapped off piece of the old aerial. The goo news is the radio still work .Any assistance would be appreciated - Will C Quote
ZMANALEX Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 to the forum. The easiest way is just to replace the aerial base that has the broken part in it. Quote
Davectr Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Use a small stud extractor, a bit like a reverse spiral drill bit. Or maybe even superglue a drill bit onto the snapped off piece then use that to twist it out, it shouldn't be in too tight Quote
GMballistic Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 Use a small stud extractor, a bit like a reverse spiral drill bit. Or maybe even superglue a drill bit onto the snapped off piece then use that to twist it out, it shouldn't be in too tight Exactly what I was going to suggest. Epoxy would give you a better hold on it than superglue but as long as its not overly tight both ways should work. Another option would be to drill a small hole (say maybe 2mm) down the middle of the snapped part. Then screw in a self tapping screw with a small amount of superglue/epoxy on that. Once its set hard then unscrew the self tapping screw which should bring out the remaining part of the aerial bolt with it. Bit of a more long winded way of doing Davectr's initial suggestion basically. Quote
JurassicZ Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 Won't a stubby fit and work on the 370 roadster? Quote
Davectr Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 Won't a stubby fit and work on the 370 roadster? Yes they will Quote
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