(Door / Hatch): Hood: Adjustment

HINT:

• Centering bolts are used to mount the hood hinge and hood lock. The hood and hood lock cannot be adjusted with the centering bolts installed. Substitute the centering bolts with standard bolts (with washers) when making adjustments.
• A bolt without a torque specification is shown in the Standard Bolt Chart (See SPECIFIED TORQUE FOR STANDARD BOLTS ).

Fig 1: Identifying Centering And Standard Bolt

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1. ADJUST HOOD SUB-ASSEMBLY 
   1. Horizontally and vertically adjust the hood.
      1. Loosen the 4 hood hinge bolts of the hood.
      2. Move the hood and adjust the clearance between the hood and front fender.
      3. Tighten the 4 hood hinge bolts after the adjustment.

         Torque: 13 N*m (133 kgf*cm, 10 ft.*lbf) 

         Fig 2: Adjusting Hood Sub-Assembly

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   2. Adjust the height of the hood front end using the cushion rubber.
      1. Adjust the 2 cushion rubbers so that the heights of the hood and fender are aligned.

         HINT:

         Raise or lower the front end of the hood by turning the cushion rubber.

         Fig 3: Adjusting Cushion Rubbers

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   3. Adjust the hood lock.
      1. Loosen the 3 bolts.
      2. Tighten the bolts after the adjustment.

         Torque: 7.5 N*m (77 kgf*cm, 66 in.*lbf) 

      3. Check that the striker engage the hood lock smoothly.
      Fig 4: Adjusting Hood Lock

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