its been cold as hell here in ny lately. my antenna keeps sticking and i was wondering wut a good way to help it would be. i always turn the radio off b4 i shut off the car so when i warm the car up in the am the antenna doesnt go up as soon as the car turns on. would wd40 help or hurt it? or should i just maybe grease it a lil more?

 

Same here, I'm up at Albany right now antenna has been frozen since that 2ft snow storm last week. I just pay it no mind, everytime I turn my car on/off I hear it clicking but whatever. The teeth on the chain are pretty rugged mine has been like that for awhile and always still works when unfrozen. A lubricant might work but again it's probaly frozen so it would have to penetrate. Maybe some of of lock de-icer stuff would be a good idea, just shoot some of that in the joints. I'm thinking about doing the S2000 antenna setup myself. My SRI <3's this cold weather though.

 

haha yea same here. its really warm today so this is the 1st its been unfrozen in a while. it actually went up all the way n theres no clicks anymore. i guess it caught itself up haha. i just hate that clicking sound when its stuck, im just waiting for the mast to break or the motor to get screwed

 

if you do a s2k swap, give us a write up

 

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Shouldn't be too hard I already repalced the house/antenna once only my method when I reinstalled it was more "permanent." Oh well when I'm sure I can get that superglue off one of these days.

Anyway I think it's already been done on here somewhere.

 

but i dont think the s2k plugs straight into the ludes plug.. or does it??

 

mine needed some lube, i ended up replacing the mast, and putting some good quality grease in and it helped alot. water shouldn't be getting in your antenna.

 

i dont think water got in there i just think the coldness is makin it stick thats all

 

the de-icer sounds like a good idea, im gonna try that next time it happens

 

im here in oregon and it froze over a few times, but anyways...i just heated up some antifreeze on my woodstove and piped a little around the top of my antenna..works like a charm, i think thats why they use boiling antifreeze on airplane wings..cause i havent had a problem since.

 

cool i keep that in mind. ill do the deicer 1st though, much easier than haveing to boil the antifreeze haha

 

yea it did take a little bit of time..

 

im lazy like that haha