Miata Mailing List: May 1999, Message #174

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>I ended up completely dismantling the motor, disconneceted the silver
>tube from the motor, and pushed the mast out the backside of the tube.
>I did have to remove every screw on the tube though - I thought one of
>them may be locking in the mast or a cap of some sort, but I could be
>misremembering.
>
>It sounds to me like your mast is just stuck in the tube.  Maybe you can
>force it out with a stick or something.


Armed with this info, I went back out to the garage. George grabbed 
Mjolnir's antenna and gave the end of it a good, solid whack on the 
pavement. The shaft and belt came out the end of the tube. All we did
after that was follow the replacement instructions on Miata.net.

Thanks Paraq!!!

Scott and George and Woody and Mjolnir.
President, Roadster Association of the Great Smokies (RAGS)
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