Contsi Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 87 Quest Goes all the way up every time with radio power. On rare occasion it will go all the way down. It stops at various height on the way down. Could this be slipping from worn nylon gear therefore no fix or could it be repaired? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 Your best bet would be taking it apart for inspection. You can make anything nowadays!! Maybe all it needs is some lubricating grease.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 Agreed. I had a similar situation a few years back. Take it all apart, clean it up and coat it with white lithium grease and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 Check this thread out. https://www.starquestclub.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/150491-how-to-retractable-antenna-repair/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contsi Posted October 20 Author Report Share Posted October 20 Thanks guys. Tried searching but doesn’t work very good for me. I’ll be getting into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contsi Posted October 21 Author Report Share Posted October 21 Unfortunately the nylon snake broke, it's very brittle. anyone know of a mast replacement source? I had another car with similar set up, the mast broke and I was able to feed a replacement into it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contsi Posted October 21 Author Report Share Posted October 21 Someone said Autozone has a mast that would need the snake to be trimmed; anyone here familiar with this or which one it would be? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contsi Posted October 23 Author Report Share Posted October 23 (edited) Looking at Facebook pages; someone said that one for a SAAB 900 would fit, can anyone here confirm? Thanks Edited October 23 by Contsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted October 25 Report Share Posted October 25 I've heard of the Saab fix, I recall hearing that it's not 100% and the antenna doesn't go all the way down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contsi Posted October 25 Author Report Share Posted October 25 Should of mentioned that apparently the nylon gear cable has to be trimmed for that reason (not going all the way down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted October 26 Report Share Posted October 26 If you do it, please document it. Totally for me. I might repair mine if Jan doesn't do a CF wing replacement of stock size with antenna shave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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