Power antenna replacement

[brillo_76]

One day I turned on my radio, and the motor raised the mast and it flew completely off of my 4runner. With the radio still on, I picked the mast up off the ground, stuffed the plastic/nylon track in the hole and then turned the radio off. The motor grabbed the antenna and retracted it back into its proper place. The nut that holds the antenna to the body was loose so I tightened it, and I have had another problem with it in many years.

Nice. I am glad it didn't mess up your mast.

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[Pyral]

I have a motor off a 1998 that i lost the center nut. The mast is gone. Let me power the motor up and see it it works..Then if it works, I can send it to you..

That would be really great, I'm still looking for one

 

[brillo_76]

That would be really great, I'm still looking for one

Ok. Let me verify the motor works and send you some photos..

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[3bears]

want to add to my previous posts....for me on one of them...the plastic broke part way....leaving a hunk of plastic stuck on motor..so motor could not grab new piece.....so I had to take motor mechanism apart to clear out the broken piece...just be aware that it might not be just plug and play with a new mast and antenna plastic whip.
after that if I have an issue its taco whip for me......plus when its minus 40 even a new mast and plastic does not go up and down so good.....even gets stuck in any poistion...up ...down...someplace in between and the motor kept trying.
lastly...there is lots of stuff on the forum that has said that some of the cheaper masts ( plastic tail) dont work or last long.

 

[brillo_76]

Ok. Let me verify the motor works and send you some photos..

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You may not want this one. As I was checking it over and found this. The one bracket looks like it is cracked off..

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[second2none]

My antenna snapped recently and would not retract. I got the entire unit replaced but glad I didn’t have to do it. They had to fish the wire pass the firewall and connect to back of the radio.

 

[Endlessblockades]

I'm confused.