Hood Hinge Failure!

[SactoJim]

So I'm driving my truck home on Friday cuz I'm gonna do some polishing for a car show today and all of a sudden I hear this big thud and the drivers side rear hood pops up about 3 or 4" or so! WHAT THE HELL.....I pull off on a sided road to attempt to figure out what went wrong. Lift the hood and it gets all cocked out of alignment.....DAMN!......trying not to chip any paint. Looks like one of the hinge pins gave up and when it did it allowed the hinge to kick down and put a big ole dent in my nicely painted wheel well!...PISS!....so much for the car show.

Only way I could get it to sit back down was to pull the hood spring out....fun job on the side of the road all by myself.

Anybody ever have this happen? (they are repro hinges that I bought locally from reputable seller)

Wonder if I can fix it?

....and of course now I'm worried about the other one!