Hood adjuster pins on the cowl???

Trucksareforwork · Jan 20, 2023

Can somebody name this part for me and tell me what it’s supposed to do? Mine are catching on the back side of a cowl hood and causing some damage when opening the hood.

(This is not my truck, I scavenged the photo from the inter webs).

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Octane · Jan 20, 2023

Crash pins. Grabs hood as it gets smashed backwards and is supposed to help stop it from going into the windshield...to some extent anyway. so I've been told.Anyone is welcome to correct me, but it has been asked about on here before

Trucksareforwork · Jan 21, 2023

I can’t find any other reference.

When I go to open the (cowl) hood on this particular truck, the rear of the hood ducks down and snags the pin. Worried I’m going to deform the hood.

Any tips anybody? I’m thinking about removing the pins or at least shortening them.

Octane · Jan 21, 2023

Remove them. Something is out of shape or adjustment anyway. It is an example of stupid safety ideas from a different era.

CalSgt · Jan 21, 2023

Octane said:
Remove them. Something is out of shape or adjustment anyway. It is an example of stupid safety ideas from a different era.

Agree with removing them, either they're out of adjustment, somethings tweaked or your aftermarket hood is junk...

I would try to get them adjusted to work if it was mine, it may be an old fashioned safety feature but, it's a safety feature non the less. I'm sure GM wouldn't have gone through the trouble to engineer them if hoods hadn't decapitated enough people to be concerned about it.

How's about some pictures of how they're contacting the hood?

Ricko1966 · Jan 21, 2023

Safety features? We don't need no safety features,we are men,these are trucks,we are invincible.

bucket · Jan 22, 2023

What year truck? Not the '85 listed in your info I'm guessing?

Turbo4whl · Jan 22, 2023

Ricko1966 said:
Safety features? We don't need no stinking safety features,we are men,these are trucks,we are invincible.

Fixed.

Trucksareforwork · Jan 22, 2023

CalSgt said:
Agree with removing them, either they're out of adjustment, somethings tweaked or your aftermarket hood is junk..

CalSgt said:
I would try to get them adjusted to work if it was mine, it may be an old fashioned safety feature but, it's a safety feature non the less. I'm sure GM wouldn't have gone through the trouble to engineer them if hoods hadn't decapitated enough people to be concerned about it.

How's about some pictures of how they're contacting the hood?

Probably a little bit of all that. I removed them and at least can open the hood without trouble. The hood is bent on the side that was catching so it’s likely I could massage it some and reinstall them. It Also looks like the hood is installed a little low.

I will post up some pictures.

This particular truck was in the PO’s yard for years and the hood hinges had just about seized, to the point I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

CalSgt · Jan 22, 2023

Trucksareforwork said:
Probably a little bit of all that. I removed them and at least can open the hood without trouble. The hood is bent on the side that was catching so it’s likely I could massage it some and reinstall them. It Also looks like the hood is installed a little low.

I will post up some pictures.

This particular truck was in the PO’s yard for years and the hood hinges had just about seized, to the point I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

Keep at it man, you'll figure it out.

Keith Seymore · Jan 22, 2023

Octane said:
Crash pins. Grabs hood as it gets smashed backwards and is supposed to help stop it from going into the windshield...to some extent anyway. so I've been told.Anyone is welcome to correct me, but it has been asked about on here before

This is absolutely 1000% correct.

Keith Seymore · Jan 22, 2023

Trucksareforwork said:
I almost kinked the hood within the first day. So the pins are only part of the story.

The pins are there to help initiate this kinking during a crash, so that the hood folds rather than slicing through the windshield.

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