Bongo Fury

Ok my arial has broke for the second time in 3 months so decided to change to a better design.
As it was mentioned on here I took instructions and thanks to Somersetrebel and Misfixit I set about replacing it

Broken aerial


Removed and aboout to saw off stub at mount


Once cut I drilled out the middle to correct size for brass screw


Then a thread was tapped


once the thread was done Its put together(shows tap and die set and differentsize brass bits


Finaly fit back to bongo with the new bearing I perchased



all works and should now not break so easy and more than a third cheaper than a mazda origonal

nice job, is the reception the same as the old ariel, LEE

yes just as good if not better

where did you get a bearing from and what size is it???

I bought a packet from a cycle shop

If you coming to weston in the near future you are welcome to a couple

lovely jubbly.. please keep for me.
thanks

No problem at all

Looks good that rob!... i,m gonna try and break mine to give me an excuse to get a bee sting jobby

I didn't have to try too hard to break mine, they seamed to break a bit too easy for my liking.

i know what you mean, the only times i have probs with it, is if i'm a little careless with the hose at a jetwash,luckily ive remembered to check before i yank on the hose (insert double entendre here) its not as if you can fold them out of the way really is it? Even when folded flat they still seem vulnerable...

I took my aeriel stump off and something small dropped to the floor and got lost. Is this the bearing mentioned? If so what size is it and how does it work?

Jamesk wrote:I took my aeriel stump off and something small dropped to the floor and got lost. Is this the bearing mentioned? If so what size is it and how does it work?

There is a fact sheet on the members area, with detailed photos (which I took when replacing my aerial).

Cheaper solution:

I broke our aerial about a week after getting the Bongo (reversing out of our drive under a tree). I mended the broken aerial by joining the two halves together with a suitable size self tapping screw, which I sawed the head off so it was 'all thread'. Needed some careful squeezing of the broken ends of the aerial tube with pliers to make them round again. Worked perfectly for a year, you could hardly see the join. Cost: about a penny.

I eventually got round to replacing it - but no need to, really

I did a similar thing by cutting the broken stub back to the solid brass part of the aerial. An Escort roof aerial for £2 at the scrappies fits perfectly over the stub and actually cuts a light tread onto the soft brass - job done