fixing hood hinges

[AaronW]

Hi:

My son and I are working on his 75 high sierra. He had the usual hood buckle, we got the LMC brackets to fix it. When we got it, the hood was sitting way too high, back by the cowl. We just got his hood back on, after painting, and his hood still wants to sit up real high, by the cowl. We checked, and the slotted adjuster holes on the hinge mounting bracket are maxed out in the direction that would lower it. You can just push the hood down, in the back, and it will stay down. So, does this indicate to you that the springs are worn out? Are we looking at just replacing the whole hinges?

Aaron

 

[Bennyt]

Have you cleaned and greased the hinges? I've had that be the source of problems more than once.

Also, I know you have the LMC braces but there is another brace from Holley/ brothers that saddles the weak spot and is better.

 

[AaronW]

Have you cleaned and greased the hinges? I've had that be the source of problems more than once.

Also, I know you have the LMC braces but there is another brace from Holley/ brothers that saddles the weak spot and is better.

Yeah, we've greased up the hinges pretty well. I can certainly hit them again, but as the hood sits up like an inch and a half from the front fenders, I'd be surprised if the fix is that simple. (Though I've been wrong before...). Agreed on the LMC braces--Shoulda done more research. they straightened the hood out, but I wasn't real impressed with the rigidity of them.

Aaron

 

[Ricko1966]

Yeah, we've greased up the hinges pretty well. I can certainly hit them again, but as the hood sits up like an inch and a half from the front fenders, I'd be surprised if the fix is that simple. (Though I've been wrong before...). Agreed on the LMC braces--Shoulda done more research. they straightened the hood out, but I wasn't real impressed with the rigidity of them.

Aaron

There is suppose to be a weak spot,the hood folds instead of coming through the windshield in a crash. Keep your hinges cleaned and lubed and some common sense shutting the hood,it will be fine. I tried to find pics of crashed trucks with folded hoods,saw a good one a week ago,can't find it now.Ill keep looking.

 

[AaronW]

There is suppose to be a weak spot,the hood folds instead of coming through the windshield in a crash. Keep your hinges cleaned and lubed and some common sense shutting the hood,it will be fine. I tried to find pics of crashed trucks with folded hoods,saw a good one a week ago,can't find it now.Ill keep looking.

The hood buckle issue is separate from my main question here though, which is, how do I get the hinges to suck the back of the hood down to level with the front fenders. Could that be caused by weak springs on the hinges, or could something else be the issue?

Aaron