dirtroad

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Basically I need to replace two of the four bolts holding my hood to the hinges on either side. It looks like the only way to get these out is by cutting them out and welding new ones in place. Anyone ran across a similar problem?

HarvesterUT

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you might be able to just buy a pair of OEM hood brackets...thats my best guess

Chebosto

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i thought the bolts were on the hood side- not the bracket/hinge portions.

how did u strip them?

dirtroad

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Chebosto's right - I had some 1/2" thick washers on there to act as spacers to get more air flow under the hood. Guess those bolts are pretty soft cause the threads got mangled.

HarvesterUT

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so you took the spacers off and now the bolt wont thread again, right? man that stinks

Chebosto

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hm.. you used something like this?



you could just run a die across the threads to try re-do the threads?

dirtroad

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i'll probably try that - haven't done it before - is that some sort of kit from the hardware store?

ZlleH

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You might also want to torch the bolts to get them to come off easier.

dirtroad

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yeah, looks like i'm calling a welder - replace all 4 bolts with steel ones.