I need help with my power atennna

[ShoGuy93]

(I know i proably didn't spell that right) But well tonight something else just went wrong with the sho. Turned her off and i notice the atenna isn't going down but i can hear the little motor running though. so i go mess with it. i have my dad stand out there and give it a little help going down. well then i put the key back in and it goes up by it's self. But it don't go down?? Any body know how to fix this?? It seems like every 2 weeks or so i have another thing to fix on the sho!! Starting to be a money sucker!! But i still love her!!

 

[jthomas68]

Moved to MAINTENANDE ELECTRONIC

 

[ShoGuy93]

Any help???

 

[sho 'nuff]

You need to replace the mast. What happens is there are plastic teeth that pull the end of the mast down...and those plastic teeth break, when they do the motor has nothing to catch on to pull it down. From my understanding you can just remove the top of the antenna holder or whatever you call it, turn the radio on and as the mast rises pull on it, and all of the mast will come out. Then you take your new mast and turn off the radio and feed the end of the mast down the hole until it catches and pulls it down. I think I read sometimes that if too many teeth break off you have to remove the antenna motor and clear those teeth out. If someone wants to correct any errors I made feel free. But this should at least get you started. BTW masts run about $40