Ok guys well my ARK shorty antenna came in yesterday, and I went to go put it on but I ran into a problem... My stock antenna will not come off I have tried everything. I wrapped a cloth around it at first and used a vice grip and all that happened is the cloth spun. I then just said forget it and put the vice grip directly on the antenna, still nothing,it just starting stripping the paint and metal off the antenna. Well I kept trying and now the whole antenna including the rubber peice(not the peice on the car but the peice inside that peice) is just spinning. What can I do guys? This is really pissing me off.


Thanks in advance for any help

 

mmmh.. i didnt have that problem with mine...did you try to grab it from the inside. likepinch inside the truck and turn from the outside?

 

it screws on from the outside. Im almost positive its a 8mm wrench. u should see the slots at the bottom of the ant where a wrench would fit.

 

Impact wrench. I bet that would be a first.

 

well if there were slot they are gone now but ill try it, the smallest wrench i have is 10mm right now so i guess ill go try to find a smaller one

Yea i tried that but it was kinda hard with just me, my friend is coming over tommorow to help. I have never had an antenna give me so much trouble, i mean on my cavy the thing practically fellof by itself

 

Did you try turning it the other way? joking...

 

Actually I did just in case I was having a brain fart

 

When I was doing my springs, I was trying to take the bolt off the hub with an impact. It wasn't coming off, until the guy that was helping me out noticed I had it set for the wrong direction. It happens.

 

when i did my 07, i ended up with the same problem just not as bad lol. the antenna was seized ! i took a pocket blow torch the kind that run on butane and heated it up for like 5 min all around the joint. keeping it away from the car , spoiler , any paint in genral . the base is steel where the mast is cast so the 2 metals oxidize together ( fuse togethere lol ) apply a little bit of heat and you should be able to twist it right off . make sure to brace the inside mast otherwise you might snap the both of them . good luck

 

Hmm hope I didnt snap anything already

 

dude thats so weird, i have a 2.4L and it literally look my 30seconds.

 

if ur just stripping the paint off of the antenna with vice scripts, then youre not on it tight enough. tighten that **** up man.

 

Believe me I had it as tight as possible The ******* antenna just wont turn

 

HMMM MINE CAME RIGHT OFF AND LOOKS AWSOME
BUT SORRY I CAN'T HELP BRO

 

LMAO.... Man did you try spraying anything on it? Like between the antenna and where it mounts? I would try that and then try turning it the opposite direction a lil and then back the direction that it is sposed to go....

 

Yea I sprayed some bolt breaker stuff on it, but still nothing,hopefully I can get it tommorow becuase my antenna looks like **** right now

 

Yea i'd say it looks a lil rough. I cant imagine how pissed you are... You know since you cant do something as simple as change your antenna! ahaha jp man

 

yea I know, cant even change an antenna out

 

LOL i was just joking. BTW have you ever had the atenna off before? And if its spinning then there has to be a way to tighten the bottom from the inside of the trunk, least i would think so.

 

I know, but i havent ever had it off the car, and imgonna look tommorow and se if i can tighten it from the inside and try to get it off again. Hopefully tommorow brings more luck if not Im gonna take it to chevy and tell them bitches to get it off

 

Ok I still cant get the antenna off, the rubber peice just spins, I think I might have broke it, so im gonna have to go to the dealer and see what they can do for me, might have to buy a new antenna

 

that sucks dude...I didn't have a problem at all putting my short on..wrapped a towel around it put the wrench around the towl gripped down and it came right off...good luck getting it fixed.

 

Odd. My stocker gave into the vice grips nicely. Don't really know what to tell ya....

 

yea I tired that and it didnt budge, Im really hoping the dealer can help me out hopefully I dont have to buy another antenna. Anyone know how much a new antenna runs not the mast but the enitre thing?

 

Honestly...probably a **** ton.