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Title: Hood hinge restoration
Post by: BillP on June 03, 2026, 08:31:39 PM
Any recommendations to get my hinges restored on my 68 500? The driverside has play and the corners wont pull down anymore.

Thank you
Bill
Title: Re: Hood hinge restoration
Post by: JD on June 03, 2026, 11:36:48 PM
See the link below to another thread and look at Reply #6... might help

https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?topic=12343.msg103587#msg103587
Title: Re: Hood hinge restoration
Post by: BillP on June 06, 2026, 07:21:22 PM
Thanks Jd I'll look into that and see if it will help.
Title: Re: Hood hinge restoration
Post by: Bob Gaines on June 07, 2026, 05:28:14 PM
Quote from: BillP on June 03, 2026, 08:31:39 PMAny recommendations to get my hinges restored on my 68 500? The driverside has play and the corners wont pull down anymore.

Thank you
Bill
This is only tightened and not restoring but slop can sometimes be taken out of the hinge by tightening up the rivet. The short answer is to take off the hinge then place the loose rivet portion on a strong steel backing surface like an anvil or similar and hammer the remit tighter. I use a tool the shape of the cross rivet design.


Cross hatch depot the remit tohammer