Don't Buy Hood Hinges from GMParts Direct!!

[Huck]

Adam, I have SEVERAL sets of good original hood hinges and can bring a set with me up to the Hoosier Auto show and swap meet this weekend--Fri & Sat. I'll be set up at space A-18.
I've never seen a set of original hinges bed up but in most cases, they wear at the hinge pivot points ---but rarely wear out to the point of being unusable. Most guys just don't know how to properly pre-load the hinges for closing the rear of the hood properly. (Believe GMC Paul may still have that trick on his "tips"). Stop by and/or send me a PM if interested----Huck

[a1953mdl]

Huck,
Not trying to hi-jack this thread,,,,, but how do you pre-load the hinges and adjust them for proper closing of the hood.

[aboyer]

I wanted to point out a couple of additional items mentioned.

The hinges did have grease on the hinges prior to paint. Upon painting the hinges, I did remove the grease. I did forget to apply grease after installing, but thought I would be ok. Upon removing the bent hinges, they were very loose and easy to move. I am sure that not having grease on the pivot points probably didn't help things, but, didn't think it would completely bend the hinges.

If I did something wrong, please tell me, but I am about 99% sure it was hinge failure. Both sides of hood hinges bent completely when the hood was in a closed position. The tension of the spring seemed like it was too strong for the hinge itself.

The method that I used for applying the hinges was used from the tip on the forum. I used a floor jack to expand the length of the springs and used wrenches in between the coils. Upon placing on the hood hinges, I removed the wrenches and the springsfit perfectly.

Hopefully someone can learn from my headaches

Adam