Hood adjuster pins on the cowl???

[Trucksareforwork]

Can somebody name this part for me and tell me what it’s supposed to do? Mine are catching on the back side of a cowl hood and causing some damage when opening the hood.

(This is not my truck, I scavenged the photo from the inter webs).

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[Octane]

Crash pins. Grabs hood as it gets smashed backwards and is supposed to help stop it from going into the windshield...to some extent anyway. so I've been told.Anyone is welcome to correct me, but it has been asked about on here before

 

[Trucksareforwork]

I can’t find any other reference.

When I go to open the (cowl) hood on this particular truck, the rear of the hood ducks down and snags the pin. Worried I’m going to deform the hood.

Any tips anybody? I’m thinking about removing the pins or at least shortening them.

 

[Octane]

Remove them. Something is out of shape or adjustment anyway. It is an example of stupid safety ideas from a different era.

 

[CalSgt]

Remove them. Something is out of shape or adjustment anyway. It is an example of stupid safety ideas from a different era.

Agree with removing them, either they're out of adjustment, somethings tweaked or your aftermarket hood is junk...

I would try to get them adjusted to work if it was mine, it may be an old fashioned safety feature but, it's a safety feature non the less. I'm sure GM wouldn't have gone through the trouble to engineer them if hoods hadn't decapitated enough people to be concerned about it.

How's about some pictures of how they're contacting the hood?

 

[Ricko1966]

Safety features? We don't need no safety features,we are men,these are trucks,we are invincible.

 

[bucket]

What year truck? Not the '85 listed in your info I'm guessing?

 

[Turbo4whl]

Safety features? We don't need no stinking safety features,we are men,these are trucks,we are invincible.

Fixed.

 

[Trucksareforwork]

Agree with removing them, either they're out of adjustment, somethings tweaked or your aftermarket hood is junk..

I would try to get them adjusted to work if it was mine, it may be an old fashioned safety feature but, it's a safety feature non the less. I'm sure GM wouldn't have gone through the trouble to engineer them if hoods hadn't decapitated enough people to be concerned about it.

How's about some pictures of how they're contacting the hood?

Probably a little bit of all that. I removed them and at least can open the hood without trouble. The hood is bent on the side that was catching so it’s likely I could massage it some and reinstall them. It Also looks like the hood is installed a little low.

I will post up some pictures.

This particular truck was in the PO’s yard for years and the hood hinges had just about seized, to the point I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

 

[CalSgt]

Probably a little bit of all that. I removed them and at least can open the hood without trouble. The hood is bent on the side that was catching so it’s likely I could massage it some and reinstall them. It Also looks like the hood is installed a little low.

I will post up some pictures.

This particular truck was in the PO’s yard for years and the hood hinges had just about seized, to the point I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

Keep at it man, you'll figure it out.

 

[Keith Seymore]

Crash pins. Grabs hood as it gets smashed backwards and is supposed to help stop it from going into the windshield...to some extent anyway. so I've been told.Anyone is welcome to correct me, but it has been asked about on here before

This is absolutely 1000% correct.

 

[Keith Seymore]

I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

The pins are there to help initiate this kinking during a crash, so that the hood folds rather than slicing through the windshield.

K