Batwing antenna
On my old m/h, I have the typical Winegard crank up bat wing antenna. I was trying to rotate the antenna to get a better signal and something inside the mechanism broke. I don't know what the part i...
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It's the shaft that runs the antennea up and down. Here's how to replace it.
If you do this once a year to lube the shaft and gear (silicon grease), you'll never have the problem again.
- 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.
