Antenna broke off

[coopns]

Truck antenna broke off today while cleaning ice/snow. The threaded screw end of it is stuck in the socket.

Will I have to drill it out? Any other ideas (besides being more careful next time)?

 

[Donald]

Order the Irwin extractor. It has some extractors and left handed drill bits.

If your lucky it might come out while drilling with left handed drill bit.

 

[Farmer]

Originally Posted By: Donald
Order the Irwin extractor. It has some extractors and left handed drill bits.

If your lucky it might come out while drilling with left handed drill bit.


+1, if you're real lucky you can pick it with a small chisel if there's enough room.

 

[Burd]

Get XM. You won't need it. I took my antenna off when I bought the vehicle new. Lol

 

[Leo99]

Needle nose can't grab it?

 

[fdcg27]

Might be easier just to replace it.
Remove the base from the vehicle, cut off the cable, tie the new cable tightly to the old and pull the new through with the old.
Take a guess how I had to figure this out.

 

[Brybo86]

A picture would help tremendously with advice

 

[gilbertsta]

Super glue another screw to the broken screw. You might get lucky and be able to turn it out.

 

[Bgallagher]

Originally Posted By: Brybo86
A picture would help tremendously with advice


+1 I can't get a good picture in my head. I had an issue with my antenna in the Equinox. It snapped off in a car wash in the dead of winter. I ended up having to replace the antenna and the support bracket that it came with. It was under $40 for both GM pieces off rockauto but boy was it a pain to replace. Have to take inner panels and the wheel well to get access and it was still a pain.

 

[mk378]

On some trucks the cable plugs into the inside end of the base, so you can replace the base without needing to fish a new cable.

 

[Chris142]

Left hand drill bit.