How to remove snapped aerial

[OzzyR1]

My old faithful station snotter has one of these type of roof-mounted aerial:





Unfortunately, some waste of blood and organs decided their night of drinking base-spec lager and chatting up thrush-ridden slags was not complete without a spot of petty vandalism and removed it with prejudice over the weekend

Unfortunately, the screw bit that can be seen in the pic above has stayed in the holder and I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to remove it. It's too flush with the holder to use a hacksaw to get purchase with a flat-blade screwdriver.


Have googled those bolt/screw extractor kits like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=sc...


Have never used one though - would it be suitable for this type of application?

Any other ideas?

[EDLT]

Those screw extractors should work, if you can find one small enough.

[OzzyR1]

Thanks chaps, will go and have a browse round the local DIY places and see what sizes they come in.

What a pain in the arse.

[Jayzee]

OzzyR1 said:

Unfortunately, some waste of blood and organs decided their night of drinking base-spec lager and chatting up thrush-ridden slags was not complete without a spot of petty vandalism and removed it with prejudice over the weekend

Very well written, and as accurate as hell!

[OzzyR1]

dibbers006 said:

There may be an alternative.

If you are talking about the two part aerial. Where there is a small unit attached to the car which the stick screws into.

Then inside the car you can usually get to it and could replace the whole thing. Do you have map lights or sunroof controls, it will probably be a screw inside that will release the outer part.

Good point, hadn't really considered that.

Will have a poke around later on to see how it all fits together.

[Krikkit]

Definitely just replace the aerial base - it'll come off with a smallish bolt/nut and cost a couple of quid from eBay - much easier than DIY drilling the old bit out!

[HustleRussell]

I agree, when mine was snapped off in a carwash I simply replaced the antenna and the base. Parts were about £25 new, and fitting was less than half an hour including a tea break.

[deltashad]

Defo go for the unit base. (I have visions of drill slipping and making a pretty pattern on your roof).