Earlier cars required weighty spring-loaded hinges to accumulate the hood sincere. To save weight in succeeding age, automakers replaced the hinges with thin metal prop rods. You acquire to muscle the hood expansive with one share and involve the prop rod into its holder with the other labourer. At once the invention of the Gauze lift, or strut, has all however eliminated the prop rod. Gauze struts are cheap, lightweight, and can authority airy the smaller and lighter hoods of newer cars. When your hood Testament not stay extensive, it's bit to convert the hood struts.
Instructions
1. Raise the hood and support it with a prop made from a broom handle, or tie it up with some nylon rope.
2. Remove the C- or E-clips on each end of the strut's pivot point with a small pair of needle-nosed pliers. Remove the clips from the second hood strut if your vehicle is so equipped.
3. Pull the hood struts off the pivot points by hand.
4. Lubricate the new hood struts by applying a small dab of silicone grease at the pivot points.
Carefully remove the broom handle or rope propping up the front of the hood. Verify that the struts are holding the hood up before completely removing the prop or rope. Close the hood.
5. Install the new struts over the pivot points on the hood and engine compartment. Press the C- or E-clips onto each end of the strut by hand until they snap into position.6.
