Batwing antenna

Amazon has the part... I just replace the same part..

Chris Bryant wrote:
For a bit Winegard made the gear housing out of plastic- that only lasted a year or so, because they would break. If you go to http://www.winegard.com/sensar/sensar-parts and scroll down to RP-2049, that part sticking down is what the directional housing slides over.

Thanks Chris and Bill Satellite.

That's it!

jplante4 wrote:
It's the shaft that runs the antennea up and down. Here's how to replace it.

• Remove the crank handle (allen wrench holds it to the shaft)
• Remove the spring and directional plate
• On the roof, pull the clips and pins that hold the antenna arms to the base
• Slide the antenna aft, making sure to clear the gear out of the base
• Remove the black plastic plug in the top of the base
• Using needle nose pliers, remove the shaft through the hole under the black plastic plug
• Seeing that it's broken, you should get up there and look down the hole to be sure you get all the pieces

If you do this once a year to lube the shaft and gear (silicon grease), you'll never have the problem again.

You are referring to the worm gear shaft and that is the one that cranks the it up and has nothing to do with the shaft that rotates the antenna.

There is no gear in the rotation. Just a tube that engages a slot in the mount. When the plastic part breaks you get a new one, cut it to length (or add an extension) and put it back together.

Take the old part to any decent (Big enough) RV store or Camping world. A Customer Service Person (parts sales) will hand you one within one minute

Sounds like a gear that broke.

For a bit Winegard made the gear housing out of plastic- that only lasted a year or so, because they would break. If you go to http://www.winegard.com/sensar/sensar-parts and scroll down to RP-2049, that part sticking down is what the directional housing slides over.

Camping World sells the parts you need, I have replaced several times over the years.

The part that raises and lowers the antenna is not the same thing that allows you to rotate the antenna. The part described above only handles up and down. The piece that controls rotation is the plastic tube (and possibly an extension to that tube) that is attached to the rotational plate inside the coach. My suggestion is that you call Winegard directly and ask for tech support. They will let you know exactly what you need and sell you the part. Otherwise, you can remove the handle and the parts will coming tumbling out so be sure you see what order things were as you take them apart. When you look at the shaft that goes up you should be able to determine if that rotational section is the only thing there or whether there is an extension that broke. Parts available at local RV dealer.

It's the shaft that runs the antennea up and down. Here's how to replace it.

• Remove the crank handle (allen wrench holds it to the shaft)
• Remove the spring and directional plate
• On the roof, pull the clips and pins that hold the antenna arms to the base
• Slide the antenna aft, making sure to clear the gear out of the base
• Remove the black plastic plug in the top of the base
• Using needle nose pliers, remove the shaft through the hole under the black plastic plug
• Seeing that it's broken, you should get up there and look down the hole to be sure you get all the pieces

If you do this once a year to lube the shaft and gear (silicon grease), you'll never have the problem again.

While you are working on things with the BATWING CRANKUP you can really get a big signal improvement with this upgraded version that has added DIPOLEs for picking up the NATIONAL Broadcast digital HDTV local station if you don't already have this...

The added DIPOLE version will look like this...



We set right in the middle of Washington DC and Richmond VA here in Northern Neck Virginia which are both in excess of some 60 miles away. This version of the BATWING works very well for all of the local transmitting towers in these two locations...

Roy Ken