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Old 12-22-2014, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by glassman View Post
So mine failed as well (three different times), you have the male side (hood) shown (you'll need the blue pill for your hood lol), while i had issues with that factory weld breaking (then rewelded, had the back up nut you have shown), my issues were on the female side (still haven't solved it-hence the "eff it" hood pins). Good luck with that...
Hmm what failed on the female side? Did it break or allow the male pin to slip out?

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Originally Posted by GregWeld View Post
Change the nut out to a "nylock" or a "hex lock nut"....
Good idea. I threw locktight on the nut when I assembled it but a nylon locking nut is probably safer.
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