Quote:
Originally Posted by Daveed
This is what mine is doing. Retract is fine and it shuts off right away. Extending it keeps going after the antenna is fully extended and GRINDS GRINDS GRINDS as the teeth are slipping over each other. Sounds horrible. Does it for about 10 seconds.
My first thought was the plastic tooth line was too long but I remember it being exactly the same length as the stock one I took out (wasn't broken inside...just the mast got bent/broken from a branch). If I trim it and it then the motor can't grab it to retract it then I have to buy another antenna and still don't have the problem fixed.
Anyone figured out how to deal with this?
I also can hear the clicks from relays? down by my left foot...
I'm gonna go disconnect the power to the antenna tomorrow morning (wait...it is morning so I'll do it in about 9 hours when I get up )
|
Don't mean to resurrect an old thread, but...
I had the exact same problem as you. The relay is fine. It and the motor sound like they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. The motor is designed to stop when encountering enough physical resistance. When it doesn't, it will time-out about 10 seconds later.
The problem may be your antenna mast. Is it OEM? Most of the cheap ebay ones have shallow teeth and the tail is slightly narrower and more flexible than OEM. This is fine when the tail winds around the spool when retracting the antenna, but when the antenna goes up, the spool "pushes" on the teeth and because of the combination of shallow teeth and narrow tail, it may strip near the end of it's travel. I went through 2 ebay masts before I finally tried the Toyota one. Trust me, spend the extra $$ and get the mast from the dealer, it makes a difference.