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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2004BMW 635CSI Antenna Not going down
Just bought a BMW 635CSi and I noticed that after wipping off the antenna, it does not want to go all the way down. All sections telescope except for the one closest to the trunk. Could it be that I removed the lubricant? If so, what do you recommend I use? __________________________ Mega Man JobCrunchersUnite.com Mega Man <A1Mega@NOSPAMMbigfoot.com> haute in die Tasten: > Could it be that I removed the lubricant? If so, > what do you recommend I use? In Germany every petrol station sells special antenna lubricant tissues. They look like the fresh towels you get on airpline flights. Just open the bag on both sides, pull the bag over your antenna and rub up and down on it. Move the antenna up and down a few times to bring the lubricant to every part of the mast. In Germany these tissues are often branded by Hirschmann, which is a well known manufacturer of antennas and has probably made the one you own. I don't know the brands popular in the US, but every product for cleaning antennas should be suitable. If you have to order these tissues, get yourself quite a few of them, because you should repeat the cleaning every two or three months, according to the enviromental situation your car is running in. Frank  Signatureplease replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana > In Germany every petrol station sells special antenna lubricant tissues. > They look like the fresh towels you get on airpline flights. Just open [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > should repeat the cleaning every two or three months, according to the > enviromental situation your car is running in. I can see the need for such a product, but to be honest, I have never seen such a thing, ever, in the US. No wonder so many of the antennae don't work here... -Fred "Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> haute in die Tasten: > I can see the need for such a product, but to be honest, I have never > seen such a thing, ever, in the US. > No wonder so many of the antennae don't work here... If somebody has access to the Bosch antenna program, he should try part No. 8 697 010 681. This is a package of 5 pieces Aerial cleaning cloth. MSRP per piece should be around one dollar. Frank Signatureplease replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana >I can see the need for such a product, but to be honest, I have never seen >such a thing, ever, in the US. >No wonder so many of the antennae don't work here... One of my cars has the original glovebox contents and there's a little thing from hirschmann that tells you about antenna care and one of the little packets. I'd suspect any new car with a hirschman antenna has this. SignatureUsenet special: on cases of any filters for BMW: http://u.bmwz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 2 X 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org >Mega Man <A1Mega@NOSPAMMbigfoot.com> haute in die Tasten: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >should repeat the cleaning every two or three months, according to the >enviromental situation your car is running in. Dude, it's just silicone spray. Hirschman admits it. Spend $5 on a can of the stuff and you can make thousands of little antennae handy wipes ang gig German tourists for big bucks. The clucth in your antenna motor needs adjusting at the very least. You might have broken the nylan gear in the shaft. Take it off and have a look at it. SignatureUsenet special: on cases of any filters for BMW: http://u.bmwz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 2 X 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org richard@vrx.news (Richard Sexton) haute in die Tasten: > Dude, it's just silicone spray. Hirschman admits it. Do you have a source for that? The antenna lubricant I use smells different than silicone spray, and I think it does not only have to lube the antenna mast, but also has to maintain the elctrical contact between the single mast sectors. However: I agree with you that one dollar for one antenna care pad is dramatically overpaid. So is 50 cents for using the vacuum cleaner once at the petrol station - but what is the alternative solution? Bring your own cleaner? Frank Signatureplease replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Time Flies Like An Arrow - Fruit Flies Like A Banana > Just bought a BMW 635CSi and I noticed that after > wipping off the antenna, it does not want to go > all the way down. All sections telescope except > for the one closest to the trunk. > Could it be that I removed the lubricant? If so, > what do you recommend I use? They don't need lubricant as the sections have adequate clearance. Just clean it all thoroughly. A normal oil will simply cause dirt to stick to it and jam the aerial all the quicker. If the aerial is jammed partially up, you can work the sections up and down by hand to clean them. Signature*Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice * Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn |
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