Power Antenna Removal - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

95AVALON_GUY · 02-08-2009, 01:23 PM

The mast portion on my power antenna on the out side of the car does not retract anymore. I have a feeling that the teeth are stripped. I know the motor itself is fine, b/c when i turn the power off from the car you can hear the motor working as if it was raising or lowering the antenna.

My question is, how do you get the antenna mast portion out from the top of the outside of the car, and from the motor itself?

Thanks

95AVALON_GUY · 02-09-2009, 05:08 PM

can anyone help?

95AVALON_GUY · 02-10-2009, 01:37 PM

ok this is redicilous. I am stuck. I can not get the inside top (in the truck) rubber grommet off. There is something attaching it to the inside and to the top side of the antenna and i can not get it free. I swear i am about to twist and turn it outta there

:ahhhh:

Can someone tell me how this fugger come out. i gurantee i messed up the rubber grommet and it will start to flood in my car

***BMR*** · 02-11-2009, 01:00 AM

Truck??? Are you working on an Avalon or a Tacoma pickup? If it's an Avalon, there are a few threads in the Camry section showing how to replace the mast. The Avalon's antenna mast is identical. Here's a link one thread, read the second post by Toyomoho:

Link

It gets more complicated if the plastic cord is broken off down inside the power unit. Then you have to partially disassemble the lower unit to get it out. I don't recall seeing a thread with instructions for that. Hopefully you won't need to do that.

95AVALON_GUY · 02-11-2009, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMR

Truck??? Are you working on an Avalon or a Tacoma pickup? If it's an Avalon, there are a few threads in the Camry section showing how to replace the mast. The Avalon's antenna mast is identical. Here's a link one thread, read the second post by Toyomoho:

Link

It gets more complicated if the plastic cord is broken off down inside the power unit. Then you have to partially disassemble the lower unit to get it out. I don't recall seeing a thread with instructions for that. Hopefully you won't need to do that.

It is for my car, my Avalon XLS.

So you do not need to take any rubber grommets off at all? Just hit the AM or FM button while turning the key to ACC??? and the mast will come all the way up? That is what i got

***BMR*** · 02-11-2009, 08:13 PM

Yep, pretty much. You might have to cycle it twice. The second time holding the "cord" back while the motor's trying to pull it back in.

95AVALON_GUY · 02-24-2009, 01:30 PM

still can not get my power antenna out of my car. It is stuck from the outside, top side of the car, and from the inside where there is a balck rubber grommet...

Again how the hell do i get it out of the car? i musta damaged some seal b/c it leaks now