Hey Guys,

I take my antenna out every so often during the winter when I go through a car wash because I don't want the antenna to get ripped off or bent. I know what many of you are thinking, but I think it is worse to leave the all the salt and crap on my car all winter than to go through a car wash. I can take out minor scratches. Plus it looks terrible when it has crap all over it, all winter.

Anyway, I have noticed there is a very small minor amount of surface rust on the end of the antenna when I unscrew it (the threads); which is starting to make the unscrewing a little more difficult.

I wanted to know if there was a substance or a kind of grease I could put in the whole and around the threads of the antenna to prevent the issue from getting worse and keep the area lubricated for easy removal in the future.

Thanks.

 

Maybe white grease or silicon. I would take fine steel wool and get some of the rust off then spray silicon or apply white grease on it.

Here's a link for the White Grease;

http://www.pennzoil.com/documents/Mu...e%20Grease.pdf

 

I would use that grease they have to put on light bulbs.

 

I put a little Copper based anti-seize on the threads; the Copper maintains good electrical conductivity for the antenna.

 

I have never heard of this before. What is it and could I get some at a ACE hardware or Autozone?

Thanks.

 

Most any conductive grease is all you need. Go light, though. A thin film is better than a gob.

 

Autozone should have a pack of dielectric grease for a buck.

 

I'd go with this.

 

Anything will work that displaces water.
It need not be electrically conductive
for the radio waves to go thru it onward
up the coax to the radio...