Hood Alignment
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Inspection
- Inspect the hood-to-body dimensions.
All alignments
- Open the hood.
- Remove the hood latch. Refer to: Hood Latch
Hood fore and aft, left and right alignments
- Loosen the nuts enough to permit movement of the hood.
Loosen: : 2 turn(s)
- Carefully close the hood.
- Adjust the hood as required.
- Carefully open the hood.
- Tighten the nuts.
Torque
: 97 lb.in (11 Nm)
Hood front up and down alignments
- Adjust the bump stop rubbers.
- Carefully close the hood.
- Adjust the hood as required.
All alignments
- Install the hood latch. Refer to: Hood Latch
- Inspect the body-to-hood dimensions.