mrhugger Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Guys...and girls.. I am in love with my car but I finally found a flaw. Whenever I get on it, the hood pins fall out. Anyone else having this problem? Recommended solutions? Taking into dealer next week. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanx Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sheriff Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Guys...and girls.. I am in love with my car but I finally found a flaw. Whenever I get on it, the hood pins fall out. Anyone else having this problem? Recommended solutions? Taking into dealer next week. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanx Steve Don't get on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattInDetroit Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Guys...and girls.. I am in love with my car but I finally found a flaw. Whenever I get on it, the hood pins fall out. Anyone else having this problem? Recommended solutions? Taking into dealer next week. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanx Steve Sounds like your hood pins don't have any tension. In my case one does, won't move for anything, the other is very loose and will come loose. Obviously the intent of hood pins was to hold the hood should the latch give way at high speeds. The pins themselves shouldn't...kinda defeats the purpose yeh know? I am having the one replaced under warranty and you should do the same. It's matter of time before you do damage to the paint with a hood pin flying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mffarrell Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Guys...and girls.. I am in love with my car but I finally found a flaw. Whenever I get on it, the hood pins fall out. Anyone else having this problem? Recommended solutions? Taking into dealer next week. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanx Steve Shelby has a fix. There are a new stronger set of hood pin rings rings that inset into the hood pins that cause more tension and prevent the pins from falling out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudaFly Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Guys...and girls.. I am in love with my car but I finally found a flaw. Whenever I get on it, the hood pins fall out. Anyone else having this problem? Recommended solutions? Taking into dealer next week. Appreciate your thoughts. Thanx Steve I have had this happen also. Not sure if you have the same problem but if you do it's easy to fix. The ring on the pin can come out of the recessed hole. 1.) Flip the pin so the the end of the ring is close to the hole. 2.) Put the end of the ring back into the recessed hole. 3.) You should have tension again on the ring/pin. 4.) Get on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhugger Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 great info guys. thanx will review and advise...stupid question...does the square end go on the bottom or top...if I put on bottom is ok other than marking the ring...thoughts? thanx Steve Matt...how was the show??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattInDetroit Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 great info guys. thanx will review and advise...stupid question...does the square end go on the bottom or top...if I put on bottom is ok other than marking the ring...thoughts? thanx Steve Matt...how was the show??? They go in just as they are shown in the above pics, flat side down. If you try to put them in the other way you're sure to scratch your hood or worse unless you play with them REALLY carefully. The show was awesome! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueshawk Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Shelby has a fix. There are a new stronger set of hood pin rings rings that inset into the hood pins that cause more tension and prevent the pins from falling out.. Call Doug Sinclair of SAI and he will send you the new rings. They do fix it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhugger Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Problem solved here. Went with Cuda recommendation and it worked. Simple....Thanx for the help. Steve Matt...please tell me more about the show...how many shelby gt were there. Sorry but gone again this week...will contact you when I return...we need to hook up. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyGT/SC Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 I haven't had any problems at all with my pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Problem solved here. Went with Cuda recommendation and it worked. Simple....Thanx for the help. Steve Matt...please tell me more about the show...how many shelby gt were there. Sorry but gone again this week...will contact you when I return...we need to hook up. Steve I had to reshape my pins a bit using two sets of pliers. You could reset the torsion spring but when you "flipped" it, they would pop out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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