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> A Cheap Tool to Remove/Install Hood Springs, anybody can make one in 10 min's
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post Jan 31 2022, 08:47 PM
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The last time I removed/installed hood springs was 2009. I used vice grips and brute strength. I don't have the strength anymore and after learning of someone who lost an eye doing it that way I decided to make this. You could use square tube where I used round or flat bar where I used angle. I flattened the end of the round tube some and wrap a shop towel around that end so as to preserve the paint of the wheel well. It folds up for easy storage. I used a 1/4" shoulder bolt to tie the 2 pieces together.

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post Jan 31 2022, 09:19 PM
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I’ve just always done it by hand. A pair of leather gloves helps. The spring has almost no stretch to it if you prop the hood up to the max height.

The rear hood torsion rods are a completely different matter. You have to be careful of your fingers and eyes when working on them.
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post Jan 31 2022, 10:23 PM
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This one is homemade and in the FWSM



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post Feb 1 2022, 06:45 AM
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Creativity (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) for homemade tool. Always like seeing tools people make up with what's on hand.
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post Feb 1 2022, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Jan 31 2022, 07:19 PM) *

I’ve just always done it by hand. A pair of leather gloves helps. The spring has almost no stretch to it if you prop the hood up to the max height.

The rear hood torsion rods are a completely different matter. You have to be careful of your fingers and eyes when working on them.

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Leather gloves for the front, rears need a tool (I could never get the open-ended wrench trick to work...ended up having Scotty do the rears.
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post Feb 1 2022, 11:11 AM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Feb 1 2022, 10:53 AM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Jan 31 2022, 07:19 PM) *

I’ve just always done it by hand. A pair of leather gloves helps. The spring has almost no stretch to it if you prop the hood up to the max height.

The rear hood torsion rods are a completely different matter. You have to be careful of your fingers and eyes when working on them.

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Leather gloves for the front, rears need a tool (I could never get the open-ended wrench trick to work...ended up having Scotty do the rears.

I bought a wrench for the rear from mc mark. I think 914rubber sells them now.
Edit - yes they do.



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post Feb 1 2022, 11:19 AM
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Currently out of stock, working on a new run. However, a new design may be in order. We had bought out the last of McMark's stock, and he's not going to make any more, so this may be the best juncture to do this.
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post Feb 1 2022, 11:44 AM
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A short loop of small diameter rope worked fine for me, just pull on it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Feb 1 2022, 11:48 AM
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Jan 31 2022, 11:23 PM) *

This one is homemade and in the FWSM


I made a version of this tool using a 1/2" drive breaker bar, coat hanger wire and a towel to protect the paint.
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post Feb 1 2022, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Jan 31 2022, 08:23 PM) *

This one is homemade and in the FWSM


That tool in the FSM is actually a tubeless tire iron. Parts guy at the dealership I work at as a tech had a pair and gave them to me to keep as he had another set. So I used it to remove my old hood springs and install the new ones. I used a heavy duty zip tie around the hook end of the spring while having the frunk lid propped all the way up. Worked like a charm.

Also interesting design on your home made tool 76-914.
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