my antenna no longer goes up, anyone else have this trouble, do i just need to lube it up?

Power antenna or manual?

Do you have an aftermarket head unit if power?

ok, that title needs to go its ****ing stupid. You might be able to lube it up depending on how advanced it is at being ****ed up. If it dosent move at all, you most likely will need a new motor. If it's moving up and down and only making a slight grinding noise you might be able to save it.

goodluck and never title your threads anything like that again!!!

I replaced mine with an S2000 antenna. Much better. >>

-Jen+Oct 28, 2005 - 5:12 PM
I have my S2000 Antenna here waiting to be put on

-dustin15brown+Oct 28, 2005 - 12:27 PM

Ditto. Takes 1/2 an hour.

i shaved mine, cut a piece of sheet metal and with a magnet held it while i tacked welded it. I now use a hidden window antenna.

yea, its electric and no, i have a stock head unit. i makes hte motor sound i just dont know. i pulled it up the other day and it was pretty stiff. i can only pull it up when the motor is in the motion of pushing it up. same with putting it down. Sorry bout the title. I was drunk when i wrote this.

-Terzin1+Oct 31, 2005 - 6:38 PM

Hey, that's very common, mine did the same thing. You may need to replace the mast. I put an ugly ebay "euro styles" antenna on mine but wish I didn't. You could just unplug the power source to the antenna when it's down so it doesn't try to go up. The reception is the same with it down, at least mine was. I wish I did this.

i too have the s2000 antenna but not willing to cut my power antenna just yet.

The mast is a 30-minutes, $20 repair job that's really easy to complete -- and sounds like it's your're problem. Generally, the first thing to go on these antennas is the plastic track that raises/lowers the mast.

Unbolt the outer nut, remove the trunk panels, remove the motor assembly and then you can pull the mast from the motor. Motor's easy to disassemble if it turns out the track is broken, since that means you probably have a chunk of the track still in the motor gears.