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Re: hood hinges
[Re: pinkduster]
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04/10/11 08:59 PM
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Don't waste your money on rebuilding them. 
WOW!
what happened? Ive never heard from someone having issues.
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: LimeliteAero]
#970202
04/10/11 10:55 PM
04/10/11 10:55 PM
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pinkduster
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Don't waste your money on rebuilding them.
WOW!
what happened? Ive never heard from someone having issues.
Well after two years, they are back to exactly how they were before they were rebuilt. 
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: pinkduster]
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04/11/11 12:50 PM
04/11/11 12:50 PM
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RestoRick
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Don't waste your money on rebuilding them.
WOW!
what happened? Ive never heard from someone having issues.
Well after two years, they are back to exactly how they were before they were rebuilt.
Who rebuilt them?
Did the hinges get exposed to sand or grit?
After 2 years... that's odd. I have a car here that I did the hinges on in 2004, they're in perfect shape... hood gets opened plenty like most of these cars. 
Rick
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: RestoRick]
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04/11/11 07:29 PM
04/11/11 07:29 PM
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Don't waste your money on rebuilding them.
WOW!
what happened? Ive never heard from someone having issues.
Well after two years, they are back to exactly how they were before they were rebuilt.
Who rebuilt them?
Did the hinges get exposed to sand or grit?
After 2 years... that's odd. I have a car here that I did the hinges on in 2004, they're in perfect shape... hood gets opened plenty like most of these cars.
Rick
Here is a video demo (made today) of my rebuilt hood hinges. 
video
 Guess my next move is to start experimenting with different springs. 
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: Paul Jacobs]
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04/11/11 09:11 PM
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Weak springs or the wrong springs... air grabber hoods used a heavier spring. Measure what you have and send me an email.. rick@restorick.comI probably have a pair of the heavier ones I'll swap for no charge.
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: JulesdaWiperman]
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04/12/11 08:02 PM
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That is a spring problem for sure.
Air grabbers use 27 turn springs and 23
for non air grabber.
Rick does top notch work.
Jules
My car isn't a factory air grabber car. The hood was added by a previous owner back around 1991. I just went out and counted the springs and I counted 19. I have another 71 RR (project) 383 standard hood and I count 19 on it as well. Same (19) on a extra set of hinges from a Charger that I parted out.
My hood never lifted up in the back when it was closed. However, ever since I bought the car in 05, the hinges seemed to be getting weaker and eventually would not hold the hood up when the engine was running. This is why I inquired about getting them rebuilt. After the rebuilding, they worked great for about a year and a half. Then they started to show signs of weakness again, and now they are worse than before. Let me tell you, it's NOT a good feeling hearing all that $$$$ air grabber stuff crashing closed. 
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: pinkduster]
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04/12/11 09:59 PM
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RestoRick
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The fresh tight hinges will compensate for insufficient spring tension temporarily. You need the heavier springs as used on a car with an air grabber... I'll look what I have tomorrow... if I have a pair of the heavier ones, they're yours if you want to swap. I promise you the crashing hood syndrome will be a thing of the past with the correct springs. 
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: RestoRick]
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04/12/11 10:07 PM
04/12/11 10:07 PM
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pinkduster
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The fresh tight hinges will compensate for insufficient spring tension temporarily.
You need the heavier springs as used on a car with an air grabber...
I'll look what I have tomorrow... if I have a pair of the heavier ones, they're yours if you want to swap. I promise you the crashing hood syndrome will be a thing of the past with the correct springs.
Yes, of course I'd like to do some kind of deal like that. This situation has to be fixed.
I count 19 (again) on these ebay "air grabber" hood springs.
ebay auction
So is this guy misrepresenting what he's selling? 
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Re: hood hinges
[Re: BS27ROB]
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04/13/11 02:33 PM
04/13/11 02:33 PM
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That sure looks like it might be a spring issue. Usually when someone talks about their hinges needing rebuilding it's because when you close the hood the rear of the hood raises up above the fender. Are they the original springs or is the fresh air added?
Okay guys I just installed a shaker setup on my 70 cuda & now my hood sticks up in the rear untill you push it down? & it still is not flush.The car had the stock cuda bulge hood on it & all was fine! Is this a case of bad hinges also? or spring rates on the shaker vs bulge hood ? 
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