850 antenna mast

antenna mast 850 1995 posted by  Mr. Detail   on  Tue Jan 29 02:41 EAST 2002
 
 O.K.,all of a sudden yesterday when I turned on my radio,I heard this loud
 buzzing/grinding type of sound from the area where the power antenna is.
 Will the simple fix of replacing the mast take care of this or is it more?

antenna mast 850 1995
       posted by  ozbrickie   on  Tue Jan 29 04:32 EAST 2002

      I recently reversed out the 850 and the garage door was still down far enough to catch the antenna; it
      bent the tubes and then started grinding when the motor was activated. I gently bent them back and lubed
      them up and it was OK; I had to force the movement up & down a couple of times to get the antenna to
      expand/retract properly, but in the end it worked.

      Check to see if your antenna is bent by having the radio on then rotating the antenna in it's socket by hand
      and seeing if it moves out of axis when you rotate it. If it does, then this may be your problem and it will
      cause the mechanism to grind. You can bend it back, but beware as this metal is thin and delicate! Heaps
      of WD40/penetrating oil is useful here.

      Beats replacing the antenna unit...
      --
      Michael in Sydney -> http://au.oocities.com/ozbrick850


antenna mast 850 1995
       posted by  someone claiming to be mharris13 on  Tue Jan 29 03:17 EAST 2002
      try wd-40 on the mast. what i did was first spray the wd on a rag and wipe the whole antenae, then turn
      off the radio and run over and spray the wd at the bottom as the anntenae goes down. should work fine.
      may have to repeat once in a while (after car wash, etc.)


 
 

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