Unscrew antenna?

[Camaro3.8L]

I tried unscrewing my antenna off to put a universal car cover on it. I wrapped a towel around it and then took a pair of pliers to try and unscrew it...The antenna never moved, and the paint still came off of it. I was afraid to try again before I knew for sure it did screw off. My antenna does screw off right?

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Camaro3.8L:
My antenna does screw off right?<hr></blockquote>

It should. I have a '98. It starts to come loose on its own after a while. I can tell because you can hear it vibrate/rattle in its socket if you bump it. Every once in a while I have to tighten it back up.

The part that turns should be the part with the flats on it, at the bottom of the antenna shaft.

[Backfire]

I had to cut mine out :( The antenna had rusted/bonded/siezed to the mount. I had to cut it off at the base of the antenna so I could pull the bottom of the mount from the inside of the car. Now I have a fake power antenna looking thing rigged up. Radio works fine so I will leave it for now.Fake Antenna

[GrdLock]

geez, i can't believe the antenna is that hard to screw off... i can take mine off easily with my fingers. you are turning it the right way.... right? :D lefty loosey, righty tighty [img]graemlins/fluffy.gif[/img]

[Camaro3.8L]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by GrdLock:
geez, i can't believe the antenna is that hard to screw off... i can take mine off easily with my fingers. you are turning it the right way.... right? :D lefty loosey, righty tighty [img]graemlins/fluffy.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

Hehe, yea I was saying that "lefy loosey,..." phrase the whole time I was trying. Never budged.

Backfire, I love the creativity with that "power antenna" look [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] . I guess Im gonna try again tommorow when it's light out, I'm really thinking about getting a power antenna now (a real one :D ), but gotta see how cheap I can get one for. Thanks for the help.

[Chrisz24]

I take mine off every time I go through a car wash, never thought it was that hard.

[GregWS6'01]

if you're trying to put a cover on it, cut a hole where the antenna would go.

[Camaro3.8L]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by GregWS6'01:
if you're trying to put a cover on it, cut a hole where the antenna would go.<hr></blockquote>

I would do that but this car cover says its for cars 12'-14', and my car is about 16.5' so I just wanted to see if it would still fit ok b/c I'm not too worried about the lower part of the car being covered. But if I didn't like the way it fit, I didn't want to mess up the cover.

[Backfire]

Well, the last time I had removed the antenna was probably 5 years ago. I guess that lead to it locking up. I was trying to remove it because the mounting feet underneath were putting a crease in the body panel. I even resorted to holding the lower part with Vice-grips and a closed end wrench on top with no luck :( Thats when I busted out the Dremel!!

[Fin]

I broke mine off my '94 a couple of years ago. It, too, was rusted onto the mount, and my dad & myself found this out the hard way when the antenna broke at the bottom :(

[Shadly]

LIQUID WRENCH!!! Let it soak for 24 hours, then hit it with the proper sized crescent wrench.

[Backfire]

I tried WD40 and PB Blaster and neither made a difference.

[Swata]

You should install a power one.... if you can..

[Shadly]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Backfire:
I tried WD40 and PB Blaster and neither made a difference.<hr></blockquote>
Aw, man. If the Blaster didn't free it up, nothing will. Break out the cutter.

[Ahzie99]

First, I don't know why he wants to take the antenna out?
By the way, does any one get whistling noise from your antenna? When I go faster than 80, I get that wind noise, and not sure if it's the antenna or the door.