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| | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | Has anyone here removed the hood hinge springs from an AD truck hinge assembly? It looks like a somewhat lethal project. Advice would be appreciated prior to me losing a limb!  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 81 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 81 | I have removed mine from my 1960 c10 with a large screwdriver as a prise bar. Have installed them the same way a number of times. It is a litte scary the first time you do it. So far, I have lost no skin.
meansam | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Put a midget inside the engine compartment and have him loosen it with the hood closed. 
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | That,s going to take a stout midget. The spring gets stretched further as the hood closes.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I wonder if anyone who has responded has ever seen an AD hood spring.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Maybe I do not understand the question. Are you trying to (1) remove the spring-arm assembly (assemblies) from the truck/hood; or, are you trying to (2) remove the spring itself from the spring-arm assembly (47-55 truck)?
Neither one of these operations are particularly difficult nor dangerous.
(1) can be done by one person but two people make it easier and safer (to you and your paint job).
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | Even in South Dakota we know how to remove the hood spring assemblies from the truck. I wanted to know how to get the spring off the assembly. So today while playing around with the removed unit and being an extremely strong and handsome man, I grabbed the spring and with my bare hands removed it from the hinge assembly. OK.......with average strength and moderate coordination they come off with little effort in about 2 seconds. As a matter of fact, it was so easy I put back on and took it off several times. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 |
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | As we say in our family.....it's too late to save the shoes, rollup the pants!  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 69 | take off the hinge and stand on the spring...pry with a big screw driver.
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