Big shout out to all Maxima owners -I just bought a 97 MAX black over black with broken-off
power antena , I got the part from the Nissan dealer myself - but I have problem with the
old one(it's remaining metal part) - it just doesn't want to come-out
anybody have any suggestions ???

 

How to remove power antenna and motor:

I will skip the steps of unscrewing the polised top on the outside of the car since i assume it is not on the car anymore from your post.

-open trunk and remove trunk liner from right (passanger) side of trunk
-remove the jack from the bracket it rests in
-using a 10mm socket or pliers, remove the 3 nuts that secure the bracket for the jack in place and remove the bracket.
-Using either a philips-head screw driver or the 10mm socket, remove the 2 screws/bolts holding the antenna motor in place.
-Slide the motor out from behind the panel
-remove electrical connections

put something over the hole that is left in the body panel to stop water from entering when it rains. A piece of Ductape should be sufficient untill you get it replaced. I reccomend reacing through thr trunk and behind the panel so you dont have the tape showing too much

-Barto

 

Thanks Barto - have great holidays !!!