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Worn out hood hinges? #1170098 02/01/12 04:37 PM 02/01/12 04:37 PM
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MoparKansas OP super stock M Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 828 KS	My 73 Challenger hood will go down to flush when I push down the back corners, but after driving for a while the corners are up about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. Does this mean the hinges are worn out?

Re: Worn out hood hinges? [Re: MoparKansas] #1170099 02/01/12 05:45 PM 02/01/12 05:45 PM
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feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,078 Irving, TX	Have you tried shooting some white lithium grease on the hinges and springs? The Imperial had the same problem until I lubed it. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Worn out hood hinges? [Re: MoparKansas] #1170100 02/01/12 05:48 PM 02/01/12 05:48 PM
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Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	No it usually means there not adjusted right. Raise the rear of the hinge and it'll make the rear of the hood go down, seriously. RestoRick taught me that. Go to his website and he'll explain. Thanks to Restorick for that. He can rebuild your hinges too if they need it.

Re: Worn out hood hinges? [Re: Challenger 1] #1170101 02/01/12 07:26 PM 02/01/12 07:26 PM
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BB73Challenger member B Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 89 Cleveland, Ohio	Mine do the same, and it's bad enough that with hood pins I have to "adjust" the rear to get them to clear. I too was told they were worn, and since I've been dropping coin on engine pieces I hadn't gotten around to replacing them - this is worth checking out

Re: Worn out hood hinges? [Re: Challenger 1] #1170102 02/02/12 06:54 AM 02/02/12 06:54 AM
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Evil Monkey enthusiast Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 357 Lake Elmo, MN	Quote: No it usually means there not adjusted right. Raise the rear of the hinge and it'll make the rear of the hood go down, seriously. RestoRick taught me that. Go to his website and he'll explain. Thanks to Restorick for that. He can rebuild your hinges too if they need it. I had the same problem with my Cuda, the rear corners of the hood raised up. I could push them down, but as soon as I started driving, they would pop back up again. I started experimenting with the hinges before I painted it two summers ago, and found that if I tipped the hinges a little from back to front by raising the rear and lowering the front of the hinge a little bit, my hood would stay down - I don't even need to push the corners down after shutting it, they go down when the hood is closed, and stay down. 1974 'Cuda 360/TKO 1990 Ram Van 1998 Neon

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