Power antennas P**s me off
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Power antennas P**s me off
My 3rd gen has a power antenna that is not feeling well. It goes up and down with radio on/off, however once I turn the radio on and the antenna has reached full extention, the gears inside the unit grind and grind and grind for at least 10-15 seconds. Not only is it annoying, its embarrassing when the ladies get in. Anyone have any tips or tricks to fix this?
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Sounds like you need a new antenna mast. There's a plastic strip in there with teeth on it, and it probably broke. I replaced mine recently, its wasn't a bad job. Another popular option is to lose the power antenna and replace it with a Tacoma mast antenna.
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I got mine at the dealer, although I think you can find some on ebay. I think I paid around $40 or something.
Check the thread below for how I replaced mine.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...656#post272656
Check the thread below for how I replaced mine.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...656#post272656
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You can also look at replacing it with a fixed mast. It's kindofa suave' look for The Ladies to admire!
This is the common approach, use the Tacoma whip:
http://www.4runners.org/articles/whip/
This is what I did:
http://www.midiwall.com/4Runner/firestik.html
This is the common approach, use the Tacoma whip:
http://www.4runners.org/articles/whip/
This is what I did:
http://www.midiwall.com/4Runner/firestik.html
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Radio antenna's can be tricky things.
While stuffing a coat hanger into your broken mast and twisting it up into a cool semblance of a dragon may technically work, it will tend to produce a lot of IM distortion and develop directional habits (turn left 90 degrees and you drop "All Classic Rock - All The Time!").
There are impedance issues as well which have to be dealt with to get gain of signal and not noise.
While stuffing a coat hanger into your broken mast and twisting it up into a cool semblance of a dragon may technically work, it will tend to produce a lot of IM distortion and develop directional habits (turn left 90 degrees and you drop "All Classic Rock - All The Time!").
There are impedance issues as well which have to be dealt with to get gain of signal and not noise.
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