Get someone a little stronger than you to try. Probably tightened too much.

 

Get someone a little stronger than you to try. Probably tightened too much.

you callin me weak! j/k yeah I thought about that, but i was the one who put it in. My dad, who is much stronger than, attempted it last night, with no luck. I have no idea what is wrong with it.

 

cant you get some vice grips on it?

 

put down your purse !



bah h ah ah j/k it is likely rusted in, if the screw is not stainless.

 

mmmm...is it cold out in OH like it is in NJ? you may have to warm it up a little...i dunno...i swapped antenna for someone recently and it was pretty easily. they were putting the stocker back on for winter, and i figured i'd help him with his projects...he was also putting on new wheels, so i just untwisted the ark antenna

 

it isn't rusted or anything, and it is cool here, but I wouldn't say cold. I'll have to try to warm it up this weekend. It kinda pisses me off because I used a towel with vise grips so it wouldn't get scratched and it won't move at all. It wants to turn the entire antenna mast (part that holds antenna) ...just won't ****ing twist out

 

use a hair dryer... (to heat it up)...

 

Dude, I will warn you now, BE FLOCKING CAREFUL! Same thing happened to me, I had to remove the whole antenna mount and go buy a new on at the dealer. I tried EVERYTHING, finally I put a nice scratch in my car and almost had a stroke.

 

how do you know it's not rusty ? i mean the screw, the thread inside, if the threaded end of the antenna is not stainless steel it can rust and the thread on your car will rust, then they become one. you could wrap pliers with tape, lots of it, then use a rage around the antenna and use the pliers to undo it. the tape and rag are so you don't dent your antenna, which is aluminum(soft).

 

P.S. after you start to unscrew it, screw it back in, then out a little more, then back in etc etc, keeps the threads good !

 

The antenna is aluminum I believe. On occasion you can put two different metals together and get corrosion, but I'm no metalurgist and I don't recall what type metal is in the oem socket when I put my ark antenna in. Put a little penetrating oil on the base and place a piece of rubber over the base of the antenna and use pliers.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but two rights make an airplane.

 

I agree with the signal booster. The ARK antennas are so much nicer looking than that stock R/C car look.

 

just spray some WD-40 on the antenna and let it soak in for 10 mins.. I've worked at a repair shop before(not on cars) and that stuff works wonders on stuck bolts/screws.

 

use a hair dryer... (to heat it up)...

Doesnt heat make metal expand..? :3_confuse

 

Mine did the same thing, the antenna metal is too soft and the threads sort of get stripped inside when you screw it in. Once you get it screwed in it is damn near impossible to get out. I had to take vice grips to the antenna (ruining it) to get it out. I ended up mutilating the antenna but I did succeed in removing it.

 

get a soft cloth, or piece of rubber, put that between ur vice grips, clamp down, turn COUNTER clockwise. hehehe sorry had to be a smart ass.

 

Just listen to a CD and leave the antenna on. The ARK 1 looks way better than the OEM!
I have one and yes the reception does suck...but it does look good. I deal with it. :3_coool:
-R

 

I had one of those antenna, mine got stuck and it brokeoff when I tried to get it off, so I went out and bought a new antenna housing, so if you get it out put anti- seize on the threads, because of the two differnet metals.

 

i think the thread on the antenna is not aluminum, i know the antenna is, but the thread is not and the hole is not aluminum either. i think the rust together.

 

mine is like this too. i should have put some lube in b4 i put it in lol

 

i'm glad i made mine out of 440 stainless lol

 

i think the aluminum ones have a steel thread screwed into it, so the antenna is aluminum, but the thread is not.

 

One night I tried to take mine off, and it was hard as hell too.....finally got it out and noticed that the thread was starting to corrode....I cleaned it off and put it back on. Been on there since - now I can't take it off without damaging the antenna - so it's on there for good. I think someone tried to gaffle it because I see some little marks on there like they tried to use a pair of pliers to twist it off.....ahahahah...guess they could'nt take it off either.

Oh well....reception aint as good as w/ the stock one for sure. Time for some XM.

 

get a soft cloth, or piece of rubber, put that between ur vice grips, clamp down, turn COUNTER clockwise. hehehe sorry had to be a smart ass.

yah i was gonna give him the whole righty tighty lefty loosy, but i didnt want to be that guy.

 

You could use one of those rubber wrenches on it. It's kinda like a band/belt with a handle, the more you twist, the stonger the grip and will not mark the metal. In Canada, they are called a grip all or something like that. Hope this helps.
Will