wineguard antenna
I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around a problem. I replaced the shaft and gears on my antenna. inside and out, lubed everything like I should but the antenna is very hard to put up and down. it ...
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cyntdon2010 wrote:
Could the gears and teeth alignment be Off?
It is possible but it is highly unlikely. The worm Gear is on the crank handle shaft and the gear is part of the upper mast when the antenna is lowered and the worm gear is screwed into the gear housing. take a look at the Winegard Sensar RV TV Antenna Replacement Parts catalog and you'll see how it should look.
In order to test the alignment of the worm gear/crank shaft you would have to either look into the slot in the top of the housing or remove the mast and then reassemble the housing icluding the alignment cap for the end cap.
If you were to remove the alignment cap for the wormgear shaft and the shaft pitched to one side or another and would not easily align to the center to the hole the cap trreads into would be another way.
Only a screw driver and and a pair of long nosed pliers and a crescent wrench are needed to remove the cap and the e-clips.
