lexus114

Hey everybody,is their any information on the board,re;getting to the power antenna motor? I have to take apart my motor,because the plastic strip broke down in it.

thomas1

No pictures, but at least a discription:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...Broken+Antenna

And here is the inside of the motor:
http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/audio/powerantenna.html

lexus114

Thanx Thomas.

DigitalEye

This may be no-no but in the interest of sharing knowledge here is an exceptionally detailed post on antenna replacement.

http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...394&hl=antenna

lexus114

WoW,that is detailed! Thanx Guy`s

smerre01

Just a side note on this topic, I replaced the antenna mast on my 99 last Friday, and I SWEAR to you, everywhere you read it states the gears on the nylon cord need to face the rear of the vehicle, so that is how I was doing the replacement. Turns out my nylon gears needed to face to the FRONT for some reason in order to function correctly. I had it to the rear, and you would have thought I was trying to rip the motor apart by asking it to pull the antenna up and down. I scratched my head for a minute, looked at the old one and noted that the gears on the cord faced opposite as to what I was doing. I swapped it around worked perfect and smooth right off the bat. I have NO CLUE as to why mine is "backwards" however I still get a gear noise from the motor towards the end of retracting the antenna, so I have to replace the motor anyways, perhaps then I can observe why this is an issue for me. I just found the whole thing weird, lol....