nctommyt

Thanks for the guidance! One trick I learned today: an easy way to remove the electrical bracket from the old strut is to weaken the three small welds with a drill. All it takes is a small bit and the welds are weakened enough to make is easy to remove the bracket.

I've inspected the gears as much as possible.. nothing visible. If the gears wear out, wouldn't I also have problems when the antenna retracts? Works perfectly going down. Btw, I do have another used assembly that I could clean up and install.

I have the same situation. After the antenna is fully extended, the motor continues running for about 12 seconds, during which time the internal clutch slips (as designed), making quite a grinding sound. I have swapped out the control module but that didn't help. I'm wondering if the radio is in 'extend broken antenna' mode and if there is a counterpart 'extend normal' mode.