Power Antenna woes.....(mast broken and motor dead)
10-12-03, 11:54 AM
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Power Antenna Fix
I ordered my antenna off of ebay from glgdirect. It came in after a few days so I just had to wait until my first weekend to get it changed. Got exactly what was advertised at a great price.
Overall the installation was pretty easy. It took me about an hour to change it because I had the situation where part of the mast gearing was broken off inside the motor.
Problems I had:
1. Getting the mast nut loose in the first place. I didn't have the 'correct' tool since it wasn't simply losening a hex nut. I used the end of a metal file to finally get it broken free and then slowly removed it. Did get a small scratch on the paint. Just wasn't careful enough.
2. Actually getting the mast out of the car once the nut was lose took a pair of pliers.
3. Had to remove the motor assembly (pretty easy) and pull out the broken old piece of mast drive gear.
All works now and I'm guessing I saved $400 (at least).
regs.
-jrp
Overall the installation was pretty easy. It took me about an hour to change it because I had the situation where part of the mast gearing was broken off inside the motor.
Problems I had:
1. Getting the mast nut loose in the first place. I didn't have the 'correct' tool since it wasn't simply losening a hex nut. I used the end of a metal file to finally get it broken free and then slowly removed it. Did get a small scratch on the paint. Just wasn't careful enough.
2. Actually getting the mast out of the car once the nut was lose took a pair of pliers.
3. Had to remove the motor assembly (pretty easy) and pull out the broken old piece of mast drive gear.
All works now and I'm guessing I saved $400 (at least).
regs.
-jrp
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10-12-03, 02:11 PM
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took me 5mins to install mines..
my mass was already broken when i had my car, it went up and down, but it would get stuck when it tried to go down. so i use to just tap it to make it go down, when i shut my car off.
Remove the nut with a flat screw driver, pull out the old one, pop in the new one..
my mass was already broken when i had my car, it went up and down, but it would get stuck when it tried to go down. so i use to just tap it to make it go down, when i shut my car off.
Remove the nut with a flat screw driver, pull out the old one, pop in the new one..
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