Hood problem...
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Hood problem... Ok, I didn't know where to put this, but since it involves my Sunoco hood, I'll put it here, mods move it to wherever is better......
So.. I got my hood back from the paint shop and I've very excited... I start to install it and put the bolts on...they are TIGHT...What is the problem? Oh snap.............. I'm not supposed to use the stock bolts with the Sunoco hood..it came with new bolts...damnit!
Now....I can't get 2 bolts out. If I try to remove them, they just spin..like whatever they screw into in the hood is spinning... and I'm pretty sure that's a big problem....
Any ideas?
I've been doing this all day...
So.. I got my hood back from the paint shop and I've very excited... I start to install it and put the bolts on...they are TIGHT...What is the problem? Oh snap.............. I'm not supposed to use the stock bolts with the Sunoco hood..it came with new bolts...damnit!
Now....I can't get 2 bolts out. If I try to remove them, they just spin..like whatever they screw into in the hood is spinning... and I'm pretty sure that's a big problem....
Any ideas?
I've been doing this all day...
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You're gonna have to get pressure pulling on the screws while you unscrew so they grab the next thread. Something like vice grips and put all your weight back on the screw while you unscrew it.
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So even if I did get the bolt out...I probably wouldn't be able to put new bolts in it.......I'd hate to have to surgically cut into the hood to be able to grab ahold of whatever it is..but if it has to come down to that.....
Last edited by jetlag; Feb 29, 2008 at 02:06 AM.
This may be totally out of the question...
But since the hood is now mounted to the hinge, take the hinge loose from the car and turn the hood upside down and put a little bit of superglue on the part that is spinning and then take the bolt out. Superglue has a high shear strength...
-Rick
But since the hood is now mounted to the hinge, take the hinge loose from the car and turn the hood upside down and put a little bit of superglue on the part that is spinning and then take the bolt out. Superglue has a high shear strength...
-Rick
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This may be totally out of the question...
But since the hood is now mounted to the hinge, take the hinge loose from the car and turn the hood upside down and put a little bit of superglue on the part that is spinning and then take the bolt out. Superglue has a high shear strength...
-Rick
But since the hood is now mounted to the hinge, take the hinge loose from the car and turn the hood upside down and put a little bit of superglue on the part that is spinning and then take the bolt out. Superglue has a high shear strength...
-Rick
I'm such a dummy
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Same thing happend to my friend's sunoco hood. What happened is that there are two nuts epoxyed in the hood under the fiberglass. The nuts broke loose and are spining freely. What my friend did was he cut off the crossthreaded bolts and removed the fiberglass around the mounting nuts to access them. After he removed the nuts, he replaced them with new ones and used fiberglass resin to hold the new nuts in.
I hope this helps.
Later,
Ted Z.
I hope this helps.
Later,
Ted Z.
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Same thing happend to my friend's sunoco hood. What happened is that there are two nuts epoxyed in the hood under the fiberglass. The nuts broke loose and are spining freely. What my friend did was he cut off the crossthreaded bolts and removed the fiberglass around the mounting nuts to access them. After he removed the nuts, he replaced them with new ones and used fiberglass resin to hold the new nuts in.
I hope this helps.
Later,
Ted Z.
I hope this helps.
Later,
Ted Z.
Thanks for the help guys...
