jaymay

The teeth face inward toward the motor itself. It coils in a bit like a nautilus shell. Its a fairly simple worm gear arrangement inside. As for the housig I'm not sure exactly what you mean on this one but If Im guessing correctly you mean the motor assembley case and it simple comes apart in two halves. Inside is the motor, the worm gear and the coil/take-up spool. I actually just bit the bullet and paid Lexus $70. The part number -- Rod & Pipe Sheild w/cable # 863370W030. I had the whole back of the car apart and didnt want to wait for mail-order etc. I looked at a t Toyota dealer first but as I mentioned the ones they showed me were about $60 and Toyota/Lexus don't cross reference their part numbers so the Toyota tech couldnt tell me which of the 4 antenna masts would/wouldnt fit. There were two that looked very similar to my broken one but they had different cable lengths. Although I had brought the mast with me to the Toyota dealer I had forgotten to bring the broken off piece so I couldnt tell if the cable lengths on the Toyota masts were exactly right. On top of that the Toyota guy told me that if I installed one of those masts in my Lexus I'd void the product warranty of the mast . Anyhow, plese feel free to contact me as much as you like and I'll give you as much info as I can. Tmastres, Just completed replacing the mast. Thanks a bunch for your guidance and wisdom,quite helpful, really appreciate it! j

Thanks a bunch Tmastres! Great info. Appreciate your comments. I've yet to order the mast but did everyting except take out the antenna motor assembly. A couple of more questions: 1) Did you see which way the teethed cable was faccing? When I pulled it out I really didn't see it. Maybe it doesn't matter since I'll have to pull out the motor anyways. 2) Is there a way to take out the whole side housing? Or just enough to access the motor? 3) Which mast did you get the Genuine or OEM at 1/2 the price fro $25 from? http://antennamastsrus.com/Lexus/RX%20300/...201999-2003.htm Thanks a again, j

Tmastres, I think my antenna broke just like yours di. Can you guide me to the where the bit on replacemnt is? And where you can get the part? THanks. jay