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burnin oil · 01-23-2022, 10:41 PM

Not to disagree but I have bent 2 hoods on the 70s body style trucks. I never used excessive force on them. Hood hinge wear is an issue but the real culprit is stress cracks on the underside of the hood. Both of these trucks were 20 years ago so they wernt nearly so old then.

01-23-2022, 10:41 PM	#18
burnin oil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Eastern TN Posts: 1,921	Re: removing hood springs to prevent hood bend Not to disagree but I have bent 2 hoods on the 70s body style trucks. I never used excessive force on them. Hood hinge wear is an issue but the real culprit is stress cracks on the underside of the hood. Both of these trucks were 20 years ago so they wernt nearly so old then.