Broke antenna off....!!
I got a new car cover and needed to make a hole in it for the antenna and when I was going to remove it, it turned a little bit then snapped. I attached a pic of what's left, is there a way to get it out or am I screwed into buying a whole new unit? I have satellite radio and don't listen to the radio but it looks ugly now without an antenna.... can it be drilled out?
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First spray some penetrating oil or spray on it and let it set for a while, that'll help loosen it up. Then it looks like you might have enough sticking up to use a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. Cut a notch in the top and then use a flat blade screw driver to try and remove it. Other method is to drill a hole and use a pipe nipple extractor, if you can find one small enough. I have the set in the link below, but I'm not sure if the smallest one is small enough. Good luck ...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-Pipe...X167/204218641 |
I installed one of these on my '14 and it looks a whole lot better.
https://tinyurl.com/y8ooe4y8 |
Originally Posted by 05YellowGT
(Post 7031063)
First spray some penetrating oil or spray on it and let it set for a while, that'll help loosen it up. Then it looks like you might have enough sticking up to use a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. Cut a notch in the top and then use a flat blade screw driver to try and remove it. Other method is to drill a hole and use a pipe nipple extractor, if you can find one small enough. I have the set in the link below, but I'm not sure if the smallest one is small enough. Good luck ...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-Pipe...X167/204218641 |
Originally Posted by 05YellowGT
First spray some penetrating oil or spray on it and let it set for a while, that'll help loosen it up. Then it looks like you might have enough sticking up to use a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. Cut a notch in the top and then use a flat blade screw driver to try and remove it. Other method is to drill a hole and use a pipe nipple extractor, if you can find one small enough. I have the set in the link below, but I'm not sure if the smallest one is small enough. Good luck ...
https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-Pipe...X167/204218641 |
screw extractor left handed drill bit
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Or go here and on the top box, type in "Antenna" and click the search button to see how much a new one is. At least that's OEM and everything should fit like it's supposed to. Not too expensive.
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