1994 Camry Power Antenna Mast Install?

[Hobo]

I have a 1994 Camry LE Sedan, 4cylinder.
I ordered a new Power antenna mast.
The old one was long gone so when I install the new one I'm not sure which direction the teeth on the drive cable should face.
Anybody know?

Here's a link to the instructions I''m going to use the the mast arrives.

http://www.antennamastsrus.com/Instructions%20Mast.htm

[71Corolla]

I highly recommend you remove the antenna from the car, and pull off the drum cover. Clean out the old grease, and repack with a lithium base. Then take the new mast and wind it around inside of the unit and put the cover on, it's not hard. Or can do what those instructions say to do, feed the new mast into the unit and have someone turn off the radio. Either way, dismantle the thing to clean it up, otherwise your new mast will not last very long.

Now to answer your question, you can't really put the teeth facing the wrong way because the teeth won't mesh, plus you will be bending the mast the opposite direction that it comes curled in.

[projektvertx]

Originally Posted by 71Corolla

I highly recommend you remove the antenna from the car, and pull off the drum cover. Clean out the old grease, and repack with a lithium base. Then take the new mast and wind it around inside of the unit and put the cover on, it's not hard. Or can do what those instructions say to do, feed the new mast into the unit and have someone turn off the radio. Either way, dismantle the thing to clean it up, otherwise your new mast will not last very long.

Now to answer your question, you can't really put the teeth facing the wrong way because the teeth won't mesh, plus you will be bending the mast the opposite direction that it comes curled in.

What he said. I used this DIY. It's for an LS400, but the procedure is virtually identical.

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/audio/powerantenna.html

[LynchburgCSI]

There's also a DIY in the DIY sticky.

[Hobo]

Thanks for the tips & suggestions.

Looking forward to having the power antenna back.

[BMR]

It's been a while since I did mine, but I'm pretty sure the teeth on the mast's whip need to face the rear.

[White95Cam]

Originally Posted by Hobo

Thanks for the tips & suggestions.

Looking forward to having the power antenna back.

I recently replaced mine and I had to take it apart to remove the broken part of the plastic cable that was inside the drum. The new OEM replace antenna has a longer cable (about 6 inches) than the original one. I called my parts guy and found out that it was correct and he told me twice to not cut off the extra length. The new length is suppose to help the antenna run more smoothly and not break. After I lubed and reassembled the drum I turned the teeth towards the rear of the car turned off the radio and the motor pulled the mast into the housing. It did not pull the mast all the way down but after I tightened the fender nut and cycled the antenna again it retracted completely. It is very quite and smooth compared to before.
W95c

[Hobo]

The antenna just came in the mail.
Hope to install it later tonight or tomorrow.

[Hobo]

OK, I got the new antenna mast installed tonight. I took 71Corolla's advice and removed the drum cover and I'm glad I did. There was still a lot of the old plastic mast inside. I removed it cleaned up what I could and put in some white lithium grease.

I couldn't disassemble it enough to install the mast so reinstalled the motor assembly and installed the mast by turning the radio off. That was the tricky part. I didn't have anyone to help me so I ended up using a long piece of wood trim thru the back window to turn the radio off while I fed the mast into the antenna sleeve.

It's working great now. First time the car's had an antenna in about seven years. It was my ex-wife's car but I got her to trade me for my 99 Nissan Altima.