Safety latch failed, Glass front hood flew open at 55mph |
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Safety latch failed, Glass front hood flew open at 55mph |
Bills914-4 |
May 1 2011, 07:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: 1-March 08 From: suburbs of Miami FL. Member No.: 8,762 Region Association: South East States |
Yeah I think its my bad, I dont remember pushing the release handle back in
the last time I open it at home , I dont use hood springs ,it's a glass hood (QRS) & I wasn't using latch pins ( I will install this time ) I didn't feel I needed & I didn't want to spoil the look , MY MISTAKE , so a Word of Caution to anybody running a fiberglass front hood without Safty Thru Pins , don't trust the safty catch latch the hood will FLEX and FLY open , (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Bill D. Insurance apraiser will be by tuesday (car is home) I'll see what they say (AARP), Attached image(s) |
sww914 |
May 2 2011, 12:01 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,439 Joined: 4-June 06 Member No.: 6,146 Region Association: None |
I'm sorry that your latch malfunctioned but I'm glad that the glass hood did pretty minimal damage compared to what steel hoods do when they come up. I've gone 135 in a 914 with a glass hood and no hood pins.
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Bills914-4 |
May 2 2011, 03:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: 1-March 08 From: suburbs of Miami FL. Member No.: 8,762 Region Association: South East States |
I'm sorry that your latch malfunctioned but I'm glad that the glass hood did pretty minimal damage compared to what steel hoods do when they come up. I've gone 135 in a 914 with a glass hood and no hood pins. Yeah , I've been driving around 4-5 months with glass hood no problems ( I wont say how fast I've been up to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif) ) , this is about the safty catch latch , at 55mph the popped open , flexed then flew back and hit the windsheild (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) , and stayed there , Thank God I just moved to the far left lane , trying to see thru the windshield was impossible , I had my head out the door window trying to see the emergency lane and stay away from the Concrete divider , ( need emicon for shit in pants) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) , I can laugh now , anyway heads up always double check your pull handle , hood pins are an option ( not on my next glass hood ) Thanks Bill D. |
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