Failing to use a wrench to tighten the antenna into the stud mount. Yeah im not sure if u can get it through the overhead console if it has one. It was an easy repair that anybody could do. Then I could remove the antenna base from the roof, and replaced it. And cut. Drill slowly, wear safety glasses. They replaced it with the correct factory antenna and base. Remove the bolt from the base and put two more nuts onto the bolt. Bought my daughter a 2006 Focus. Well, I opened the tour pack and found where the AM/FM cable from radio screws on but no set screw in sight. Heating the bottom of the antenna, not the solder will cause the solder to melt into the bolt socket of the antenna. repeat the tightening process. My boss at that time was a German master mechanic and it was he that suggested I buy it. Remove the nut and washer. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Hope this helps. At that time I didn’t know that I would be buying a stud remover like no other. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I didn’t know that it was a “pipe wrench” until very recently. I applied more heat and then pushed the bolt into the antenna. I completed this repair on my truck and it took less than 10 minutes. just bought an 03 ultra that needs a little work. Due to factors beyond the control of EricTheCarGuy, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Deep Hole in a Small Box, a Different Take on the Infinity Mirror. Tighten the first nut hand-tight down against the antenna base. I had never seen anything like it. You know if you put a 5-foot antenna on a 13-foot high vehicle and then cruise under a 14'6" concrete over-pass doing 65mph, something is going to break. EricTheCarGuy assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. The thoughtful people at Saturn supplied the antenna mount with a shear bolt but forgot to make both ends removable. DO NOT rely on hand-tightened antennas. How I removed the broken off antenna threaded shaft that screws into the antenna assembly on a Toyota vehicle. EricTheCarGuy recommends safe practices when working with power tools, automotive lifts, lifting tools, jack stands, electrical equipment, blunt instruments, chemicals, lubricants, or any other tools or equipment seen or implied in this video. It worked well for me! They lay under a 4,000-pound car that is propped up with a $12 jack on a sloped surface; pound nails with a 20-pound sledgehammer and tighten antennas with a 16" pipe wrench. Get JB weld, weld the antenna (or anything else that will make good contact and you can twist) back together and let it dry fully. This tool worked so well that within a short time it became the tool to use to remove studs. 4. When the car came out it had no antenna. One of the hardest things to teach anyone is common sense. Research and a good thought process should be completed before each repair. Antennas are electro-magnetic radiation devices and are not designed for, nor should be used to measure the heights or strength of solid objects. 2. Wrap the bolt with a large amount of solder and place it in the end of the antenna. The only thing left to do is mount the antenna. And some people, even with Firestik stud mounts leave out pieces. 3. Tighten the first nut hand-tight down against the antenna base. Lift the antenna base. Measure the depth of the bolt socket (after removing the remains of the shear bolt) with a piece of wire or another bolt. Non-Firestik antenna studs (normally Asian imports) tend to use thin washers and thin, cheap plastic insulators. 1. Turn them tightly against each other to lock them in place. And even if the threads do not break off, the movement of the antenna base inside the coupling nut will damage the threads on both components. A traveling tool salesman sold me it to me as a stud remover. JavaScript is disabled. I have read that you go inside the tour pack and there is a set screw and then the stud will come out. Then tighten the second nut against the first. Insufficient stud mount depth to accept antenna threads I knew of various styles of stud removers but this one was unique. Extreme care must be taken when matching the antenna to the antenna stud. In the process the antenna was snapped off. When the antenna is properly secured in the coupling nut of the antenna stud mount, the stress is transferred to the heavier hex portion of the antenna base. In my 1999 Toyota 4Runner I had to have the grooves facing backwards. About $15 off of eBay, plus a new antenna. The solder melted and filled the socket to the top. Be sure to tighten them against each other, but do not tighten them more than hand tight against the first set of nuts. Metal shavings in the eye are not at all fun. Short of including some strength reducing drugs with every antenna, trying to prevent those occasional feats of thoughtless strength would be as futile an effort as putting up signs demanding common sense be used and expecting the signs to solve the problem.
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