Title: RE: [VAC] Re: TV antenna rebuildable?
Well dang, that makes perfectly good sense. Sorta feel bad about
criticizing the arrangement now. And BTW, Camper Capitol, just down
the street there in Dallas had genuine Braund replacement gear sets
in stock for about $7 a pop. Guess I shoulda
Like if the antenna is accidently left in the UP position when towing and it
hits something. Those gears will hopefully give before something else will.
Pat
I may be wrong, but I think that the gears are an intentional weak
point- something that will break before other, harder to
Jim,
When the same thing happened on our Avion, I opted to replace it with a
modern WineGard amplified bat-wing style antenna.
I'm not sorry I did it.
Jim
Jim Combs wrote:
The plastic worm gears in my TV antenna have disintegrated.
This is a Braund Manufacturing
At 12:36 PM 3/23/01 -0600, Jim Combs wrote:
The plastic worm gears in my TV antenna have disintegrated.
This is a Braund Manufacturing (out of Battle Creek, MI)
crank-up deal that I'm guessing is original on my coach.
Does anyone know if these are rebuildable, and if so,
where to get parts?
Hi Jim,
Yes the gear sets are rebuildable. Camping World has the gears neatly
blister packed in their stores. I have replaced mine, the gears are Nylon,
not such a good idea for usage on the top of a trailer as
the direct sunlight makes the gears "crispy" after 20 or 30 years(:.
S. W. Sandy
Chris Bryant wrote:
The company is actually Barker-
http://www.barkermfg.com/about_us.htm- but I cannot find anything about
your antenna, the Skyliner on this website. One place that I found with
parts availability was Marks RV- http://www.marksrv.com/antenna.htm .
Yep, it has
Larry,
Thanks, but it looks like I'll be able to rebuild mine.
Jimbo
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From: Larry Foy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have metal one that I took off.Will that work?
Larry 62
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From: "Jim Combs" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The plastic worm gears in my TV
