problem after antenna replacement on '93

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May 23, 2007 | 08:55 PM

RLYSLO

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St. Jude Donor '08

problem after antenna replacement on '93

A friend of mine had problems with his antenna mast on his '93 vette, and then the cable broke inside, so we pulled the assembly apart, removed the broken cable from the wheel housing, lubed up the housing, remounted the power antenna unit and then installed a new antenna mast.

the problem is that after the mast was installed, it does not quite go down all the way.. stops maybe an inch or so from being flush like it should. goes up fine, retracts fine until that point and then stops.

any advice? has anyone else seen this issue after replacing the mast?

May 23, 2007 | 09:41 PM

Kahunah911

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Did you take the motor housing apart and take out the broken ribbon? If not, you'll probably have to. If you did, did you put the washer back correctly and not overtighten the nut?

May 23, 2007 | 11:30 PM

RLYSLO

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St. Jude Donor '08

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Originally Posted by Kahunah911

Did you take the motor housing apart and take out the broken ribbon? If not, you'll probably have to. If you did, did you put the washer back correctly and not overtighten the nut?

yes we took the housing apart and removed the old cable. not sure about the washer or nut.

Jul 12, 2007 | 09:36 AM

lourib727

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Did you fix it?

I was wondering if you found the problem. I am having the same problem. Thanks

Jul 12, 2007 | 10:39 AM

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Are you sure you got all the broken bits of the old mast out of there?

Jul 12, 2007 | 10:49 AM

DougSilver

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On my 95 the mast would not go down all the way (stuck up several inches). So I replaced (just removed the old mast without removing the motor). On feeding in the new mast you rarely get it right the first time--will probably stick up an inch or so. I solved by continuing to feed and push the mast down while turning the radio on and off. The mast will eventually seat to the right position.

Doug

Jul 12, 2007 | 10:55 AM

sraft

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I went through all this a while back and tried all the suggestiones mentioned above. Nothing worked and I eneded up having to replace the entire unit.

Jul 12, 2007 | 11:28 AM