Hood: Adjustments

HOOD ALIGNMENT

Adjustment

1. NOTE: To adjust the hood, the hood latch must be removed.

Remove the hood latch.

2. NOTE: It is not possible to adjust the rear of the hood to the height of the fender.

Loosen the hood hinge-to-hood bolts approximately one half of a turn.

3. Adjust the hood so that the rear edges of the fender and the edge of the hood line up.
4. Adjust the clearances with the left and right-hand fenders.
- The clearances with the fenders must be the same width on the left and right-hand sides.







5. Tighten the hood hinge-to-hood bolts.
- Tighten to 11 Nm (8 lb-ft).

6. NOTE: The hood must rest uniformly on both bump stop rubbers.

Adjust the front of the hood to the height of the fenders.
- Adjust the hood to the height of the fenders with the bump stop rubbers.







7. NOTE: The clearances and edge alignment must be correct before the hood latch is installed.

Install the hood latch.
- The hood latch must be installed so that the hood engages without stress and the clearances on the left-hand and right-hand sides are not changed.