My RV antenna binds when cranking it down
how to put my antenna down on a Toyota seca 1.8
Replace the power antenna assembly.
Internal cable in antenna broken?
check your antenna belt/fuse !
unplug the electrical from the antenna. replace antenna.
Remove the nut, spacer and bushing that holds down the antenna on the outside car body. Then turn the radio ON. As the antenna extends out, carefully pull out the antenna mast. There will be a plastic portion with teeth at the end. Remember the direction of teeth. When you install the new antenna, the teeth will go in that direction. Insert the new antenna into the antenna housing. Make sure the antenna teeth engages the antenna motor by moving the antenna up & down. Turn the radio OFF and the antenna motor will pull the antenna back in. Reinstall the nut, spacer, bushing and you're done.
Select the CD option on the radio, will CD is playing hold down the RDS buttom until the antenna goes down.
The mechanism inside the box is stripped.
it doesn't go down.
95 % of the time the nylon cord that moves the antenna up and down gets stripped. The power antenna motor is going to cost about $200.00. The antenna mast is about $40.00 which comes as part of the nylon cord. The motor that drives the antenna must bestill working. The procedure to fix takes about 15 minutes. Remove the nut that secures the antenna and slowly pull the antenna out od the socket. Take the new antenna with the nylon leadand feed it into the socket hole. You can then secure the antenna in place with the holding nut.
Try finding the power cord that goes into the antenna and disconnect it
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