What kind of grease are you folks using for the antenna?

 

silicone spray over here in ca works fine

 

Yeah, silicone in a spray can. I used Lithium in a spray can on my 93 Max and that was good too. I was looking for something that dried after application, and both of them did that. Otherwise, stuff like WD-40 will gunk up.
Carnal, good to see u home.
Jae

 

I never thought about doing that. I live in constant fear of the antenna getting stuck.

 

You really don't want lube on your antenna, just keep the metal shaft clean using WD-40 and a rag. The plastic spline & gear that unwinds and winds back up inside the shaft is enclosed in the motor assembly and loaded up with white grease. Thats the part that fails causing your antenna to stop working. If anything you might open up that unit to clean and regrease it. You have to take the antenna assembly out of the trunk to work on it. Make sure you don't loose any parts when you take the cover off.

 

damn my atenna has gotten itself stuck so i guess its out to the garage to see if i can fix this

 

my dad just put some random grease on it and when it went down it gunked up and the crap ran down the side of my car. im going to try to wipe it off and use silicon spray or wd-40?

 

use WD-40 ..

 

thanks for the info folks.


njmaxseltd, can we use thicker grade grease to lubricate the antenna so when the antenna pull down it can lubricate the motor with repetition of wind and unwind?

 

i used some spark plug anti-seize and that has worked fine.

 

hey Jae whatsup? I'm going to Taiwan in a few days for winter break =p I was just in SD what have you been up to lately?

 

i just fixed mine with some seafoam deep creep....gotta love seafoam

 

Oh god, yet another use for sea foam, antenna maintenance!

 

haha my antenna was so covered in crap and thats why it was stuck so this did a good job in cleaning and lubricating it but i assume wd40 would do just as good

 

mines bent a little bit (dont ask how LOL) so somtimes it doesnt go down. I may have to try this