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rick3760
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R.I.P. Dwayne
You can get a replacement antenna from WalMart for about $10. A OEM is about $80.
Hey Rick, whatever you do, don't lose the rubber boot that goes over the base of the antenna/the hole it comes out of!! You're gonna need that boot regardless of what replacement antenna you get, and apparently, the boot does not come included with the $80 BRP replacement antenna :sour: You can mod the boot to fit over one of the fatter short 'rubber duck' antenna's; or it just goes straight on with anything close to the same dia as the original, but unless you have that boot, the base of the antenna/the hole in the Tupperware it sticks out of is gonna look ugly!! The boots are available from BRP (at an additional cost, of course) but if you've just broken the stick, hang on to the boot, don't leave it in the hole without the stick, they can fall/blow out as you ride!
A 'deep socket' or tube spanner of the right size to reach around the bottom threaded bit of the broken antenna out of the base will make getting that out without marking the tupperware easy, but if you are buying one, make sure it's got a large dia hole down the middle, & preferably has a hex or square top section on its top/outside end, so you can grip it with an external spanner when you have it right down the bottom end of the new antenna - 1/4 or 1/2" drive deep sockets often don't have that feature, & while the deep socket can make it easy to get the old threaded section out of the base (cos there's no stick up the middle getting in the way) that won't be the case when you are trying to tighten up the replacement antenna. So being able to grab the socket or tube spanner securely around the outside on some flat faces rather than having to grab it with multi grips or the like on a slick tube can be very handy!
Don't forget you'll also need some 'electrically conductive' Locktite too; it is available, altho you might hafta search for it a bit. The normal Locktite stuff is insulative, so it's really not that good to use on the base thread of an antenna, cos while it might help make sure the antenna won't undo/fall out, it definitely won't be helping you to get good radio reception!!
Good Luck :thumbup:
A 'deep socket' or tube spanner of the right size to reach around the bottom threaded bit of the broken antenna out of the base will make getting that out without marking the tupperware easy, but if you are buying one, make sure it's got a large dia hole down the middle, & preferably has a hex or square top section on its top/outside end, so you can grip it with an external spanner when you have it right down the bottom end of the new antenna - 1/4 or 1/2" drive deep sockets often don't have that feature, & while the deep socket can make it easy to get the old threaded section out of the base (cos there's no stick up the middle getting in the way) that won't be the case when you are trying to tighten up the replacement antenna. So being able to grab the socket or tube spanner securely around the outside on some flat faces rather than having to grab it with multi grips or the like on a slick tube can be very handy!
Don't forget you'll also need some 'electrically conductive' Locktite too; it is available, altho you might hafta search for it a bit. The normal Locktite stuff is insulative, so it's really not that good to use on the base thread of an antenna, cos while it might help make sure the antenna won't undo/fall out, it definitely won't be helping you to get good radio reception!!
Good Luck :thumbup:
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