Chances are your power antenna is broken
Well in this guide im going to show you how to clean the gears so you can install a new mast into your antenna
Tools: Philips screw driver
Materials
Some sort of silicon grease
Brake kleen ( thats the brand i used and yes thats how they spell it )
Step 1:
Get your power antenna
This is an accord antenna, the one i will be cleaning is a 90-93 integra antenna, There are 2 small differences.
1: the connector is different
2: the removable mounting brackets are different
Otherwise internally they are the same
here is a perfect condition power antenna
Step 2: Remove these 4 screws
You should see whats in red inside your power antenna, it should ( or did ) look like the green
Step 4: Remove these 2 screws
Step 5: Pull all of these gears stright up and out
Your gears should look like this
Step 6: take your gears and spray them with brake kleen and clean them with a tooth pick and some tissues to remove all the gunk
Step 7: Remover the rear metal cover held on by 2 screws
Step 8: Remove the circular cup holding the antenna mast and clean it as done in step 6
Step 9: Reinstall everything and use some sort of silicon grease on the gears ( There was no grease on the gears in this picture )
Step 10: Reinstall the power antenna and reinstall the mast
Step 11: enjoy your power antenna
Well in this guide im going to show you how to clean the gears so you can install a new mast into your antenna
Tools: Philips screw driver
Materials
Some sort of silicon grease
Brake kleen ( thats the brand i used and yes thats how they spell it )
Step 1:
Get your power antenna
This is an accord antenna, the one i will be cleaning is a 90-93 integra antenna, There are 2 small differences.
1: the connector is different
2: the removable mounting brackets are different
Otherwise internally they are the same
here is a perfect condition power antenna
Step 2: Remove these 4 screws
You should see whats in red inside your power antenna, it should ( or did ) look like the green
Step 4: Remove these 2 screws
Step 5: Pull all of these gears stright up and out
Your gears should look like this
Step 6: take your gears and spray them with brake kleen and clean them with a tooth pick and some tissues to remove all the gunk
Step 7: Remover the rear metal cover held on by 2 screws
Step 8: Remove the circular cup holding the antenna mast and clean it as done in step 6
Step 9: Reinstall everything and use some sort of silicon grease on the gears ( There was no grease on the gears in this picture )
Step 10: Reinstall the power antenna and reinstall the mast
Step 11: enjoy your power antenna
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