Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #19
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   From: Arch Glasgow 
Subject: Re: req: for antenna help!
   Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 14:45:23 -0400

   Ken
	A device called an "Easy Out" exists for this situation. I have 
even seen them in grocery stores. It is a device much like a wood screw
only with a *left* hand thread. They come in different sizes usually in 
a small kit 4-5 pieces like drill bits for $4.00 or so. 

	The way they work:   You drill a hole in the remaining stub. Take 
the Easy Out and screw it into the hole  (remember a left thread turns 
the opposite) The easy out like a wood screw is tapered so the tighter 
you get it the more pressure you are applying to the original stud to 
unscrew. Try to drill a hole of a size that the expanding pressure will 
not actually expand the stud... for obvious reasons. They come with a 
square head on them much like a tap. You may even be able to use a tap 
handle on them, otherwise just a small wrench should do. 

					Good Luck
					   Arch




Archie Glasgow Elect. Eng. Techn.
University of Windsor Bio. Sci.
arch@server.uwindsor.ca