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.
You guys are so smart and working hard. It is great. Maybe I should try to replace my antenna mast, too. One question: Which way the motor rotates, clock-wise or counter-clock-wise, if I look at the motor from the lefthand-side of the car to the righthand-side? I am trying to figure out how I should insert the plastic cable. Or, put it this way, if I stand behind the car, should the teeth on the cable face the front of the car or th back of the car?
My antenna is bent and broken into half. The plastic cable jumped out from the top of the antenna. I think the motor and pulley must be still good. Otherwise, it won't push the cable out. I tried to push the cable back in by turning the radio on and off. To my surprise, I heard the motor running, but the assembly would not take the cable in. I did not feel that the cable was touching the pulley. What could be wrong?
