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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Tightened up my hood hinges. Was going to buy new ones but decided to fix my old ones instead. Most of the wear was in the arms that hold up the hood where the bracket bolts to the hood. With the hood hinges raised to the max you could move the front of the hood up several inches due to the slop in the pivots. I punched out the pins and drilled out the holes using a 1/2 inch bit. I made some new pivot pins, put the bracket back on and welded the pins in. I ground the welds down to make the brackets fit back on to the hood as there isn't much room there. The other pivots were tight but I heated them and peened them to be sure.
The hinges feel tight now so maybe with new springs they will hold the hood up better than before.
I made the pins out of 3/8th bolts. Just turned part of the head down to make the pivot and turned the body down to fit into the bracket, and cut them to length.
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