I purchased the radio **** from UPR. I thought I was just going to pull the old one off and put the new one on. NOT...After taking channelocks to the old **** I finally broke it and it came off in 2 pieces. There was no just pulling it off. The new **** is solid except for a half moon hole in the back. It does not fit on the stem. Does anyone else have this ****? . As of now I have a broke radio ****.

I also emailed UPR. As of right now, I am thinking maybe they sent me the wrong ****.

 

I bought the radio **** back in December. The original came off easily and the UPR went on easily. I did not need any tools for the AC or radio *****.

 

hmmmm...Do you have a shaker sterio...Maybe its different on the shaker. My radio is just the standard one. It did NOT just pull off. I had 3 different strong men try before I broke out the channelocks.

I am thinking now that I have a UPR **** with a mfg. defect.

 

Me too. Sorry you are having problems.

 

Does UPR's products match the IUP pretty well?

 

I also have the standard radio. i tried a couple of times to get the **** off and just gave up. I have the UPR **** in my ashtray until I figure it out.

 

Donna, have you heard anything from UPR about the **** yet?

 

I also have the standard radio. i tried a couple of times to get the **** off and just gave up. I have the UPR **** in my ashtray until I figure it out.
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Don't break it......05stangkc says they do not sell a replacement.

I am going to a local sterio shop and see what they think. UPR said send it back and they will send me another. The new one does not fit tight at all on the stem. It will just fall off.

 

It matches great in the Satin finish....It just does not fit.

 

Well, i was gonna buy this, but now yall made up my mind that im not! Hope you figure it out!

 

I wish the 2 people that posted that they had no problems with it would have said if they have a shaker sterio......I am kinda thinking maybe it just does not work on standard sterios and the **** was not made to come off.

 

come to think of it, the first head-unit I had was non-shaker-hella-hard time getting it off, and it took forever for the UPR **** to stay on, but when I swapped it out with the shaker my son didnt have any problems.

 

After quite a few emails with UPR today I have a solution!!

The one I purchased is missing a black insert that should be in the hole on the UPR ****. They are sending me one today!!

 

UPR, can their products get any better ????

Matt

 

Today I swapped a Shaker 500 for a standard single CD unit. The Shaker unit has a standard **** and shaft that the UPR **** fits to correctly. The Shaker shaft is larger than the shaft on the plain unit.

The plain unit has a plastic cased **** that is not meant to removed! Unless of course you use visegrips like I (and many others) did. When you finally get it broken off, you find that it's shaft is narrower than the other.

When I did that on mine, I already had a leftover plug that allowed me to use the UPR ****. I'm glad to see that UPR has a fix for the issue. Now that I have a Shaker unit, it's a moot point.

Incidentally the original Shaker **** needed the plug to fit the plain headunit! Especially since I want to sell it now.

Here are the two units side by side and the Shaker installed and about to be tested. Notice that I decided to go with the round UPR ***** on the heat/ac too.

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Thanks so much for your detailed response Chris.
Tell me one more thing....The UPR **** you have, did it have a black insert in the back of it?

 

It did have an insert but it was the wider size and only fits the Shaker shaft - too loose for the stock unit. I dug through my various leftover radio **** parts and found a smaller insert that fit inside the larger one to allow the UPR **** to fit the stock shaft.

So when I swapped the headunits, I pulled the small insert from the UPR **** and put it on the Shaker ****. That way each unit has a **** that fits!

In summary:

Stock headunit - narrow shaft, needs correct new insert (or two inserts like mine) to allow use of UPR ****.

Shaker headunit - wider shaft, UPR **** fits as delivered.

 

Just an update on my problem. UPR sent me a D clip in the mail that made this radio **** fit perfectly. If anyone else has this problem email them and they will send you one. Thanks UPR, I will buy lots more from them. Their customer service is the best.

 

I don't like the idea of changing just one **** on this radio. Does not look right, so I think I will pass.

 

I agree that replacing the radio **** by itself looks strange, but in combination with replacing the A/C ***** I think it looks nice