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From: Jeff Wisnia on 25 Mar 2010 16:49
My son just bought a used car which has an antenna mount for a satellite
radio stuck on the outside of the rear window.

It's a lump about 1-1/2" square with a short male threaded antenna
starter piece sticking out of it.

He's no intention of getting a satellite radio and asked me how to
safely remove that piece.

There's a matching lump on the inside of the glass which I assume is
inductively or capacitively coupled to the outside piece, but he's not
much concerned with that one and if it happens to be stuck over one of
the defroster grid lines he's better off not messing wwith it.

I presume the outside piece he wants to remove is adhesively attached to
the glass and wondered if the folks here here can recommend a safe way
of removing it without risking damage to the rear window.

Thanks guys,

Jeff

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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
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From: Jim Yanik on 25 Mar 2010 18:39
Jeff Wisnia <jwisniaDumpThisPart(a)conversent.net> wrote in
news:hogi9u$1a2$5(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> My son just bought a used car which has an antenna mount for a satellite
> radio stuck on the outside of the rear window.
>
> It's a lump about 1-1/2" square with a short male threaded antenna
> starter piece sticking out of it.
>
> He's no intention of getting a satellite radio and asked me how to
> safely remove that piece.
>
> There's a matching lump on the inside of the glass which I assume is
> inductively or capacitively coupled to the outside piece, but he's not
> much concerned with that one and if it happens to be stuck over one of
> the defroster grid lines he's better off not messing wwith it.
>
> I presume the outside piece he wants to remove is adhesively attached to
> the glass and wondered if the folks here here can recommend a safe way
> of removing it without risking damage to the rear window.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Jeff
>

heat gun and razor blade? [on low heat]

or acetone.[risky to paint,plastics and gaskets]

you have to soften the adhesive somehow.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
From: PeterD on 25 Mar 2010 18:55
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:49:18 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
<jwisniaDumpThisPart(a)conversent.net> wrote:

>My son just bought a used car which has an antenna mount for a satellite
>radio stuck on the outside of the rear window.
>
>It's a lump about 1-1/2" square with a short male threaded antenna
>starter piece sticking out of it.
>
>He's no intention of getting a satellite radio and asked me how to
>safely remove that piece.
>
>There's a matching lump on the inside of the glass which I assume is
>inductively or capacitively coupled to the outside piece, but he's not
>much concerned with that one and if it happens to be stuck over one of
>the defroster grid lines he's better off not messing wwith it.
>
>I presume the outside piece he wants to remove is adhesively attached to
>the glass and wondered if the folks here here can recommend a safe way
>of removing it without risking damage to the rear window.
>
>Thanks guys,
>
>Jeff

I'd take a putty knife and see if I could slide it under the antenna.
(The ones I'm thinking of are stainless, and very thin, flexible but
strong.)
From: Jeffrey D Angus on 25 Mar 2010 19:08
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> My son just bought a used car which has an antenna mount for a satellite
> radio stuck on the outside of the rear window.

It depends on the adhesive used. Some used that foam double
sided tape, That's easy to separate with a sharp knife. Then
you can remove the remains with a single edged razor blade.

You can also see how far you can disassemble the units down
to just the part that is stuck to the glass and work from
there with a razor blade and perhaps a bit of solvent applied
sparingly to loosen it.

Obviously, you don't want to dribble MEK, Acetone or Xylene
on any of the soft parts or paint on the vehicle.

Jeff

Brass rat eh? "Tech Hell" at it's finest.


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From: hr(bob) hofmann on 25 Mar 2010 21:32
On Mar 25, 6:08 pm, Jeffrey D Angus <jan...(a)suddenlink.net> wrote:
> Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> > My son just bought a used car which has an antenna mount for a satellite
> > radio stuck on the outside of the rear window.
>
> It depends on the adhesive used. Some used that foam double
> sided tape, That's easy to separate with a sharp knife. Then
> you can remove the remains with a single edged razor blade.
>
> You can also see how far you can disassemble the units down
> to just the part that is stuck to the glass and work from
> there with a razor blade and perhaps a bit of solvent applied
> sparingly to loosen it.
>
> Obviously, you don't want to dribble MEK, Acetone or Xylene
> on any of the soft parts or paint on the vehicle.
>
> Jeff
>
> Brass rat eh? "Tech Hell" at it's finest.
>
> --
> “Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”
> Frank Leahy, Head coach, Notre Dame 1941-1954
>
> http://www.stay-connect.com

A single-edged razor blade and lost of small sliding strokes back and
forth. Patience will be a virtue here.
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